Supermarket dumping of cage eggs could result in egg shortages Egg producers have continued to express concerns about the impact on Australia’s egg industry of moves by supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths,...

ACCC cracks down on another egg supplier for free range claims The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Derodi Pty Ltd (Derodi)...

ACCC urges egg industry to review free range claims after Pirovic penalty The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called on egg industry participants to take heed of the recent Pirovic Enterprises...

Federal Court orders $300,000 penalty after finding ‘free range’ egg claims to be misleading The Federal Court has declared by consent that Pirovic Enterprises Pty Ltd (Pirovic) engaged in...

Industry growth forecast for poultry and eggs in Australia Revenue for both the egg farming and poultry meat farming industries is forecast to grow modestly over the next five years, with poultry meat...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has filed separate proceedings in the Federal Court against egg producers in Western Australia (WA) and New South Wales (NSW) alleging that each...

New South Wales (NSW) Fair Trading has recommended a “binding national information standard” be developed under the Australian Consumer Law that sets a clear definition of “free-range”. “A three...

The South Australian Government has expressed disappointment in changes made by the Queensland Liberal Government to that State’s industry standard for ‘free range’ eggs, saying the changes have...

South Australia is considering whether to establish an industry code for free range eggs. A new proposal from the South Australian Government defines ‘free range eggs’ as coming from hens stocked at...