Caged eggs will be phased out by 2036 after agriculture ministers around the country endorsed new animal welfare standards for poultry at a meeting in Perth on Thursday.
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt.Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said the market was already shifting to cage-free eggs.
“Most of the retailers and big manufacturing companies that use eggs are already moving towards more humane methods of raising hens,” he said. The new standards will still allow for the use of cages in poultry farming, but Watt said egg producers would need to provide additional space and “environmental enrichment” for the chickens.Watt said currently about 30 per cent of eggs bought in supermarkets were produced from battery hens.WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis said she had met commercial egg producers and expected there would be an end to caged eggs by 2032.
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