Help about fresh eggs and the codes please.

Swan_2

murphz1 wrote:

I found your thread and did a google search getting the 'british eggs website which completely contradicts what you say, any ideas
http://www.britegg.co.uk/ukeggs05/ukeggs2.html

can you be more specific about the contradiction/s you're referring to? I've had a look & I couldn't see anything. maybe I'm looking at the wrong part of the site you linked to?

Debt_Free_Chick

Swan wrote:

can you be more specific about the contradiction/s you're referring to? I've had a look & I couldn't see anything. maybe I'm looking at the wrong part of the site you linked to?

The link says ...


1. Laying Cage System

2. Barn System

3. Free Range System


Whereas previous posts have suggested that ....

1 = Free Range

2 = Barn

3 = Caged

So the order is "switched", hence the confusion.

Swan_2

Debt_Free_Chick wrote:

The link says ...
1. Laying Cage System

2. Barn System

3. Free Range System

oh right, I see now

but isn't that a list of production methods rather than being information about egg stamping? at least that's how it reads to me & why I couldn't see any contradiction

btw, the supermarket free range eggs I have just now have a '1' stamped on them

calleyw

In a supermaket if you lift the lid it should have a printed list of what each number referres to on the inside.

Or it does on my sainsburys box.


Yours


Calley

lestamunda

tesco free range eggs box

i have just opened one - we always buy free range as a minimum. it says:

"understanding egg codes
1UK12345
1 = free range
uk = origin
12345 or 123sco = farm ID"

hope this helps!!!!!

leonie_2

Lol I remember how angry I was when I started this thread ages ago.

I have had my own three little hens for quite a while now and I wouldnt be without them. They are so funny, I love them and they reward me with the most wonderful eggs i've ever tasted. Seems fair!

Topher

I don't think the 1) 2) 3) on the web site contradicts the coding references given earlier, I think it simply lists three different styles of egg production.

Topher

I gather this happened a while ago now but what about letting the butcher know by post, how you were a happy customer, but have had your faith in him shaken. It would be less confrontational (although I really admire your initial confrontation & think it was the right thing to do) and might give him a chance to explain himself if he wanted to. (I was just thinking about the "support local traders" problem you were experiencing.

Swan_2

Topher wrote:

I don't think the 1) 2) 3) on the web site contradicts the coding references given earlier, I think it simply lists three different styles of egg production.

that's how I interpreted it too (see my earlier post)

I think the British Egg Information Service website's information is badly & misleadingly presented, & could easily lead to confusion. if I were a cynic I might think it was deliberate :rolleyes: