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Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

doesn't '3' mean free range

Welsh Girls Allotment



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

haven't a clue ? if it does that makes me feel even better

Welsh Girls Allotment



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

https://www.defra.gov.uk/foodrin/poultry/trade/marking/eggmarking.htm

just found this may prove helpful to some one

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Welsh Girls Allotment wrote:
haven't a clue ? if it does that makes me feel even better


Ready to explode?

3 - means cage.

Welsh Girls Allotment



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



No way ! that's the end of that then

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Quote:
Code Example: 1-UK-1234501

1= Production method (1–Free Range, 2-Barn, 3-Cages, 0-Organic)

UK= Country of origin

12345= Supplier Code

01= Optional identifier for flock, barn etc.

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Welsh Girls Allotment wrote:


No way ! that's the end of that then


You sure? How about a call to local trading standards?

Green Man



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

That explains the 75p for free range eggs then.

Welsh Girls Allotment



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Cho-ku-ri wrote:
That explains the 75p for free range eggs then.



you got there before me!

I'm off for a little walk to the shop to see what he has to say

gil
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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Not necessarily - going rate for free range eggs round here is 50p/half dozen direct from the producer, so you might imagine that a shop could sell them on for 75p and still make a profit.

Green Man



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

85P per half dozen for large free range eggs (not organic) direct from a registered producer up here in Perthshire.

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bagpuss



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have had eggs marked 3 from a farm shop where I saw the hens laying them

is there some charge involved with being certified free range?

Green Man



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

bagpuss wrote:
I have had eggs marked 3 from a farm shop where I saw the hens laying them

is there some charge involved with being certified free range?

Perhaps you were lulled into thinking the eggs you bought were laid there, but perhaps they might have been bought in to satisfy demand?

bagpuss



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Cho-ku-ri wrote:
bagpuss wrote:
I have had eggs marked 3 from a farm shop where I saw the hens laying them

is there some charge involved with being certified free range?

Perhaps you were lulled into thinking the eggs you bought were laid there, but perhaps they might have been bought in to satisfy demand?


Given you can collect the eggs from the chickens and given the nature of the shop I would be very surprised if that was the case

Green Man



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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 07 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Are they laid with the stamp on?

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