Cases / Agriculture, livestock and food · Australia · 2014–2016
Egg producer penalised by Australian regulator for misleading free-range claims
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) penalised an egg producer for misleading free-range claims, in a release dated 2014 to 2016. The stake is whether hens sold as free-range had outdoor access.
What?
The ACCC penalised an egg producer for misleading free-range claims. ACCC
Where?
Australia ACCC
When?
2014 to 2016. ACCC
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The ACCC found the free-range claims misleading and applied a penalty; the sources reviewed do not describe the steps taken. ACCC
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
The ACCC reported that an egg producer had been penalised for misleading free-range claims.
The release is dated 2014 to 2016 in the sources reviewed; the producer is not named in them.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The producer's name, the number of hens and farms concerned, and the outdoor access conditions are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: most hens in the flocks concerned could not go outside.
- None on record The currency of the penalty amount is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The legal route used for the penalty, and any court involvement, are not stated in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- Egg producer penalised for misleading free-range claimsACCC · 2014-16
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