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Free-Range Eggs

The Hon. J.A. DARLEY (16:13): I have a supplementary question. During the Christmas holidays I was instructed by my wife to go down and buy a box of eggs. Her strict instructions were to buy free-range eggs. I looked at the boxes there and they said you had 600 grams, 700 grams, 800 grams. Does the code tell me what a box that displays 'extra large large eggs' means—because those eggs seem to be less than the 700 grams?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (16:13): That is actually not a supplementary because the weight of the egg has nothing to do with free range. Free-range eggs are the conditions that the laying hens lay in, that is they have access to the outdoors freely and the hen laying density is 1,500 per hectare. The weight of the egg can vary; it is just the size of the egg. Some hens lay small eggs and medium eggs and large eggs. Free-range eggs can vary in size and weight as well. Cartons currently are required to reflect the weight of the eggs, and that practice continues.

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