23 May '12
Food industry says no to battery eggs
Summary
Ghent-based food group Vandemoortele has announced it will no longer use eggs from battery hens in the manufacture of its mayonnaise and sauces from 1 July. Earlier this month, supermarket chain Colruyt said the use of battery eggs in its store-brand products would stop at the end of this year.
Ghent-based food group
Vandemoortele has announced
it will no longer use eggs from
battery hens in the manufacture
of its mayonnaise and sauces
from 1 July. Earlier this month,
supermarket chain Colruyt said
the use of battery eggs in its
store-brand products would stop
at the end of this year.
The use of battery cages for laying hens will become illegal in the EU this year. Vandemoortele’s decision is “an important step in wiping out battery cages for good,” said local animal rights organisation Gaia.
The organisation will hold talks with Devos Lemmens, another major producer of sauces, in July to try to gain that company’s support.
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