Egg farm cops heavy fine for misleading free range claims

PROMINENT New South Wales egg farm Pirovic Enterprises has been fined $300,000 by the Federal Court for making misleading claims in its labelling and promotion about the free range status of its eggs.

24 September 2014
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From January 2012 to January 2014, Pirovic had used egg cartons which included the words 'free range' and images of hens on open pasture.

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