Egg Recall Action Alert: What’s inside your egg carton (aside from salmonella)?
As the U.S. faces the largest egg recall in our nation's history—more than half a billion eggs have been recalled due to the risk of Salmonella—the hard-boiled truth of egg production is starting to make headlines. All the eggs in question were produced on large-scale egg factory farms where hens are crammed inside tiny wire cages that are so restrictive, they can barely even move.
Sadly, such intensive confinement, which causes tremendous animal suffering, is not only standard practice in the egg industry, but studies suggest that keeping hens in cages increases the risk of Salmonella infection in hens, their eggs, and consumers who eat eggs from caged birds. Read the "Food Safety and Cage Egg Production" report by the Humane Society of the United States for more details.
COK's "Biohazard Crew" Exposes Hard-Boiled Truth during Egg Recall Hearing
On Sept. 22, 2010, while the owners of the egg factory farms responsible for this summer’s massive egg recall were testifying at a congressional hearing, COK’s “Biohazard Crew” stood outside Congress holding signs exposing the miserable conditions forced upon hundreds of millions of egg-laying hens. Read more and see photos.
"Eggs from Caged Hens" - Demand Truth in Labeling on Cartons
Not only is the egg industry cruelly confining more than 250 million laying hens and putting consumers at health risk, it's also deceiving those consumers through the rampant use of misleading labels and images on cartons.
To many consumers' surprise, there are no federal regulations governing the use of animal welfare claims on egg cartons, including "naturally-raised" and "free-range," enabling producers to mislead consumers with false or exaggerated claims, such as images of hens freely roaming around outside—even if those eggs come from hens forced to spend their lives in misery inside wire battery cages.
In 2006, Compassion Over Killing filed a federal rule-making petition with the Food and Drug Administration, urging the agency to mandate egg-production labeling on egg cartons, including the clear identification of "eggs from caged hens." Similar consumer protection practices are already in place throughout the European Union and in Australia. Consumers—and hens—in the U.S. deserve the same.
ACT NOW: Read more about this Truth in Egg Labeling effort and contact the FDA today.
COK's "Egg Carton" flyer exposes the reality of egg production & urges consumers to contact the FDA demanding truth in labeling on cartons. Request this free flyer today.
Sunny Side Up: Other Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Health—and Animals
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