Eggs with no lion stamp on

studentgirl_2

HI guys,

Please can I ask your advice (not sure im in the right place, but im sure it will be moved if not)

I brought some basics barn eggs from sainsbugs today and only half the eggs had stamps on, the others were blank. What do I do. I feel bad about eating barn eggs and donot really want to eat eggs from caged birds. I thought all eggs in the Uk had to have the lion stamp

Thanks Student Girl

zenseeker

I expect that they just missed the stamp during production, it's highly unlikely that you ended up with a mixed box.

1carminestocky

Sainsburys guarantee that they do not sell caged bird eggs, even in their basics range (a bargainous £1.85 for 18!) so I would imagine their supplier would be in deep doodoo if some of them turned out to be from caged birds. I genuinely can't see that being the case but give them a ring on their freephone number and enquire. IME their staff are extremely friendly and helpful.

PS Talking of mixed boxes, we have sometimes had free range eggs mixed in with our barn eggs.

markanddebbie3

The Lion Stmap is nothing to do with hoe the hens are house (caged or not) it is a mark of the quality of the egg and indicated that certain minimum rewuirments are met by the producer, see below from the website britegg.co.uk

The Lion Quality mark on egg shells and egg boxes means that the eggs have been produced to the highest standards of food safety.
The Lion Quality Code of Practice was launched in 1998 and includes compulsory vaccination against Salmonella Enteritidis of all pullets destined for Lion egg-producing flocks, independent auditing, improved traceability of eggs and a "best-before" date stamped on the shell and pack, as well as on-farm and packing station hygiene controls.
The Lion Quality mark, which is a registered trademark, can only be used by subscribers to the BEIC on eggs which have been produced in accordance with UK and EU law and the Lion Quality Code of Practice.
Approximately 85% of UK eggs are now produced to Lion Quality standards.
Since its introduction in 1998, the Lion mark has been extremely successful so much so that, in 2001 a Government committee (the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food) produced a report highlighting the effectiveness of poultry vaccination in reducing human salmonella cases by half.
This has since been reinforced by the Food Standards Agency which has confirmed the success of the UK egg industry in overcoming salmonella in eggs. In its survey, published in 2004, it tested more than 28,000 UK-produced eggs and no salmonella was found inside any of them.
The status of UK egg production as among the safest in the world was confirmed in a report by the European Food Safety Authority published in 2007. Several EU countries reported levels of salmonella of public health significance on their flock holdings of more than 50%, while the UK figure was only 8%. The vaccination programme stipulated in the Lion Code of Practice ensures additional protection against salmonella for British Lion eggs.



I would be more worried that the eggs dont ahve a ude by date them so you dont know how fresh they are.......

erichamster

markanddebbie3 wrote: »

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I would be more worried that the eggs dont ahve a ude by date them so you dont know how fresh they are.......

To save you having to smell rotten eggs just put them in a bowl of water, if they float on the surface they're off, bin em. If they sink to the bottom they're fresh and safe to eat. If they float halfway they're less fresh but still safe to eat.

studentgirl_2

Thanks guys I will def use the bowl of water test :j

CG19a

In one of the Tesco stores I used to work in, there was a pillar beside the egg section, where people used to stand and swap value eggs with free range eggs so that they could get the free range cheaper.

gazelle8760

The Eggs could have been laid by a lion for all The Gazelle knows, after all, it matters not what Eggs I eat, I like them, but sadly they don't seem to like me!!