SumoSalad switches to ‘free-range’ chicken Salad fast food retailer SumoSalad has announced it is making the switch to ‘free-range’ chicken in response to “growing consumer concern for animal...

Australian chicken producers have questioned Coles' RSPCA Approved move Australian chicken producers have said they are the “latest in a long line” of farmers and industries to be the target of...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has filed separate proceedings in the Federal Court against egg producers in Western Australia (WA) and New South Wales (NSW) alleging that each...

New South Wales (NSW) Fair Trading has recommended a “binding national information standard” be developed under the Australian Consumer Law that sets a clear definition of “free-range”. “A three...

The Federal Court of Australia has ordered Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd and Bartter Enterprises Pty Ltd, the processors and suppliers of Steggles branded chicken products, to pay a total of $400,000 in civil...

Australian ready-to-eat meal manufacturer Pitango will launch a new family sized 1 kilogram ‘heat-and-eat’ meal to their risotto range, available in Costco. Pitango said the new product is “made...

The Commercial Egg Producers’ Association of Western Australia Inc. (CEPA) is seeking a meeting with supermarket group Woolworths to discuss the Company’s recent decision to phase out all caged eggs...

Australian consumer group CHOICE has asked NSW Fair Trading to investigate potentially misleading “free-range” egg claims after finding that consumers in NSW are paying double the price of cage eggs...

The South Australian Government has expressed disappointment in changes made by the Queensland Liberal Government to that State’s industry standard for ‘free range’ eggs, saying the changes have...

The Australian Federal Court has found processors and suppliers of Steggles branded chicken products, engaged in “false, misleading and deceptive conduct” in describing on product packaging and in...