Tag: Eggs

The ACCC continues to crack down on egg suppliers that may be misleading customers with ‘free range’ claims.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has today urged those in the egg industry to look over their free range claims, citing a $300,000 penalty against Pirovic Enterprises as a reminder for industry participants to take heed.

The competition watchdog is attempting to smash open an alleged egg cartel, claiming farmers in the $1.7bn industry were encouraged to manipulate profits by artificially decreasing supply.

Western Australian wholesalers C.I. & Co Pty Ltd, and Antonio Pisano and Anna Pisano have been found to have misled the public by labelling and selling cartons of eggs labelled ‘free range’ when a substantial proportion of the eggs were not free range.