Concerned at misleading claims by egg producers that 20,000 hens per hectare ( two birds to a front doormat) and by Coles’ claim that 10,000 hens per hectare ( one bird to a front doormat) could be characterised as ‘free range’, the Panel last year made a lengthy submission to the ACCC. The ACCC in…
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has filed separate proceedings in the Federal Court against egg producers in WA and NSW alleging that each of the producer’s use of “free range” was misleading. The ACCC alleges that Snowdale Holdings Pty Ltd (Snowdale) in WA and Pirovic Enterprises Pty Ltd (Pirovic) in NSW, through the use…
‘Consumer watchdog the ACCC has launched court proceedings against two of Australia’s biggest egg producers, claiming they falsely labelled product as “free range”. Read the article by Jared Lynch at The Age website.