Over 80 percent of liquid egg imports in 2022 come from China and Australia where egg-laying hens can be kept in battery cages. New Zealand’s ban comes into force in 2023.
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A significant amount of imported animal products are produced using methods that are illegal in New Zealand, a new report has been found.
It was revealed the country imports liquid eggs from hens raised in battery cages, pork from pigs kept in cramped crates, and wool from sheep subjected to ‘mulesing’ – cutting chunks of flesh from their hindquarters to prevent flystrike.
All of those