The European Commission said on Wednesday 8 February that there would be no derogations for producers of free range eggs who are being forced to keep their hens in barns as a result of the avian flu epizootic. They will have to sell their produce as “barn eggs”. European Commissioner Phil Hogan said, however, he would be willing at a later date to consider reviewing the legislation.
In a letter to Czeslaw Siekierski (EPP, Poland), who chairs the European Parliament’s agriculture...