date:Oct 17, 2013
The Commercial Egg Producers Association of Western Australia Inc. (CEPA) is seeking a meeting with supermarket group Woolworths to discuss the Companys recent decision to phase out all caged eggs sold in-store by 2018.
CEPA said the move by Woolworths, which would see all the supermarkets Own Brand products no longer using cage eggs, came as total surprise to producers.
According to CEPA, five years ago egg producers invested more than $500 million across Australia to upgrade their caged faci