Source: FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 6/8/18


Egg producers would have to triple the number of laying hens kept in so-called cage-free housing to make good on their promise to meet demands for restaurant and retail chains by 2025. Only 16.8 percent of U.S. laying hens are currently in “cage-free” housing.
Egg producers do not appear to be making as rapid conversion to “cage-free” housing from its traditional battery cages. That puts all of those 2025 promises in doubt.

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