EU battery cage ban & the price of eggs
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2012:
EU battery cage ban & the price of eggs
BRUSSELS—The price of eggs in the shell doubled, while egg production fell 15% in the first four months after a European Union ban on battery caging, according to the European Egg Producers Association.
“The EU acknowledges that there has been a clear reduction in eggs because of the cage ban but blames the industry for not taking action earlier,” reported Raf Casert of Associated Press. “The EU gave producers a dozen years to adapt their equipment to the animal friendly rules–but many still haven’t complied. Those who prepared have reaped high profits as prices soar,” Casert wrote.
