Denmark bans chickens in cages from 2023

The Danish Ministry of Food and Agriculture has decided to ban the production of eggs from caged laying hens in Denmark from 2023. To ensure proper reorganization of farms, the ban will be introduced with a 12-year transition period for producers. existing. For new farms, the ban applies already from next year. The Danish government decided in the fall of 2020 that caged egg production should be phased out, which was confirmed unanimously by the Danish Parliament soon after. There are currently seven producers in cage egg production in Denmark, accounting for almost one in five eggs produced in Denmark. The vast majority of supermarkets have stopped selling caged eggs, but they are still used by restaurants, canteens, food ...