Australia's peak consumer and competition body is investigating allegations of fraud in the egg industry, with reports of fertilised and caged eggs being trucked into WA to be sold at top-dollar in free-range packaging.
Category Archives: Poultry and Egg Production
The unique chicken with a dark twist growing on Australian consumers’ appetites and plates
Australian consumers are slowly opening up to the idea of eating a different kind of chicken — the black-skinned chicken.
WA egg farmers face the brink due to imports by supermarkets
As the industry struggles to make ends meet, WA egg farmers say its major supermarkets have switched to selling eggs from the eastern states.
Applications to import grain as Australian harvest forecasts fall
Australia could be set to import whole grain for the first time in more than a decade, as drought drives up the price of grain.
Emu milkshake? Demand for eggs ‘eight times the size of a chicken’s’ skyrockets
Demand for a uniquely Australian product is booming, with emu eggs featuring in some of the nation's top restaurants and just one of them can feed a family.
Could the drought drive up the cost of Christmas lunch?
The drought across parts of Australia has driven up the cost of grain which is not only bad news for farmers, but also for consumers looking forward to tucking into turkey at Christmas.
Eggs recalled in Sydney after cluster of salmonella cases
The NSW Food Authority is investigating 23 confirmed cases of salmonella poisoning as Glendenning Farm eggs are recalled from small independent supermarkets and retailers in Sydney.
Blue eggs offered as a solution to identify pasture-raised produce
Blue eggs, or even the Dr Seuss touted green eggs, could be the novel solution to understanding how your eggs are produced.
Massive ‘babushka’ egg hiding another inside it stuns expert
An egg found within another egg on a far north Queensland chicken farm is being called a freak of nature by a poultry expert who says he has never seen anything like it.
#KFCCrisis: More than half of British stores shut due to chicken shortage
The fast-food giant says it's having some teething problems with its new delivery company that's resulted in a not enough chicken being sent to many of its 900 outlets across the UK.