Farms are raided to crack egg scam
AUSTRALIA - Large producers of eggs have been raided by food inspectors in the first stage of a state government-ordered investigation into free-range egg substitution.
13 August 2006
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The NSW Food Authority has confirmed the unannounced inspections began late last week, after revelations in the Herald that 200,000 cage and barn eggs a day were being passed off as free range, at an extra cost to consumers of about $13 million a year.
The Australian Egg Corporation has rejected the claims, but says it will co-operate with the investigation, called by the NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald.
But free-range farmers are already crying foul, after being excluded from a crisis meeting convened by the food authority on Monday to thrash out the issue.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian Egg Corporation has rejected the claims, but says it will co-operate with the investigation, called by the NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald.
But free-range farmers are already crying foul, after being excluded from a crisis meeting convened by the food authority on Monday to thrash out the issue.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
