Egg shoppers to be more freely informed on free-range

Andrew Marshall
Updated April 25 2017 - 6:08pm, first published April 24 2017 - 9:00am
The free-range industry’s share of total egg consumption in Australia has doubled in the past decade to about 40.7pc.
The free-range industry’s share of total egg consumption in Australia has doubled in the past decade to about 40.7pc.

The boom in free-range egg production is set to be put to a true popularity test when new labelling rules give shoppers a clearer idea about just how free-ranging were the chooks which laid those eggs.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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