Free-range egg farms that supply to supermarkets chains have been stripped of their RSPCA Assured status after an undercover investigation found hens living in appalling conditions.
Egg producers are being given more time to introduce verandas outside their hen houses, and to provide more natural daylight, following a rethink by RSPCA
Free-range egg producers will be able to label and sell their eggs as “free range” indefinitely when their birds are subjected to mandatory housing orders