UK egg producers warn free range sector at risk due to bird flu controls

Ordered indoors after flu outbreaks, hens are in danger of losing free range status if not allowed outside by end of FebruaryUK egg producers have warned that the future of the premium free range sector is at risk should the eggs lose their prized status because of the ongoing threat of bird flu. Flocks of free range hens are being housed indoors because of the bird flu outbreak and if they are unable to go back outside by the end of February the eggs will be downgraded to “barn produced&r