'No need' for free range eggs standard says ACCC, outraging consumer and industry groups

By Esther Han
Updated December 27 2014 - 10:08am, first published November 15 2014 - 9:54am
Free-range eggs: It depends on your definition. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
Free-range eggs: It depends on your definition. Photo: Jessica Shapiro

The consumer watchdog has declared there is "no need" for a free range egg standard in Australia, shocking egg producers and consumer advocates, who are both in the midst of developing such a standard with ministers in every state.

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