cage-free

Driven by consumer demand, global companies and industry leaders worldwide are increasingly focusing on improving welfare of chickens in their supply chains. Photo: Rick Barrett
31-12-2021 | News

Focus Brands and Groupe Le Duff abandon eggs from caged hens

Confidence in consumer demand for free-range eggs has prompted leading European egg producers to commit not only to phase out cages for laying hens but to phase out combination systems as well. Photo: Peter Roek
30-11-2021 | News

Companies continuing to meet cage-free commitments

Proposition 12 requires that laying hens, nursing sows and veal calves be housed in confinement systems that comply with specific standards for freedom of movement, cage-free design and minimum floor space". Photo: Marcel van den Bergh
29-11-2021 | Article

Cage-free US egg industry: sooner rather than later

CP Foods says strong hens, good genetics, a high standard of animal welfare practices and biosecurity go into producing these free-range eggs.
19-11-2021 | News

CP Foods increases cage-free egg production by 30%

Cage-free challenges include feather pecking, a problem that can be mitigated by using red lighting. Photo: Ronald Hissink
17-11-2021 | Article

Understanding the dynamics of cage-free housing

The new labelling regulations will make it easier for consumers to understand the egg production system from which the egg originates. Photo: EAST
26-10-2021 | News

Taiwan mandates conventional cage systems label on eggs

The 2 single-floor, cage-free barns in Dong Nai province house 6,000 birds and can bring around 1.5 million cage-free eggs to the market a year. Photo: V.Food
01-10-2021 | News

Vietnam’s first certified cage-free egg brand launched

Yum! Brands pledges to transition to 100% cage-free eggs across at least 25,000 restaurants by 2026. Photo: Brianna Santellan
22-09-2021 | News

‘Largest and longest’ global cage-free campaign a success

Under the new rules, the EU is expected to restrict imports from the countries with the continuing use of caged farming, such as Russia. Photo: Henk Riswick
15-09-2021 | News

Russian farmers criticise European End the Cage Age campaign

CPF has applied the European cage-free standard at Wang Somboon farm. The closed chicken house has a low stocking density of 7 laying hens/sqm compared with the general standard of a maximum of 9 hens/sqm. Photo: CPF
03-09-2021 | Article

CP Foods revs up cage-free production