MPs ask what EU rules banning battery cages mean for UK egg industry
2 March 2011
EU Council Directive 1999/74/EC: the Welfare of Laying Hens prohibits the use of conventional 'battery' cages for laying hens from 1 January 2012.
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
- Watch the meeting: The implications of the welfare of laying hens directive for the egg industry
- Topics: Animal welfare
This session open the oral evidence for an inquiry into the implications of the welfare of laying hens directive for the egg industry, looking how this new European legislation will impact on the egg production, food processing and manufacturing sector; at how the European Commission plans to ensure compliance with the Directive and at Defra's support for the UK egg and egg products industry.
Witnesses
Wednesday 2 March 2011, Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
At 3.00 pm
- The British Egg Industry Council
At 3.45 pm
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
At 4.15 pm
- The British Retail Consortium
- Noble Foods Ltd