Minister hatches bid to unscramble labelling laws for free-range eggs

By Esther Han
Updated October 6 2015 - 9:18am, first published 8:34am
The federal government has released a consultation paper as a step towards developing a national free-range egg standard.
The federal government has released a consultation paper as a step towards developing a national free-range egg standard.

Forcing producers to declare the number of hens per square metre on cartons of eggs labelled as "free range" is among the options being considered by the federal government to stop the growing confusion over labelling claims.

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