FREE-RANGE EGGS

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:50): I direct my question to the minister representing the Minister for Business Services and Consumers on the topic of free-range eggs.

Leave granted.

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: Can the minister advise whether, under the government's newly announced voluntary industry code for free-range eggs, eggs produced at stocking densities greater than 1,500 chickens per hectare will still be able to be labelled as free range?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (14:50): I thank the honourable member for her question and will refer it to the appropriate minister in another place and bring back a response.