Lidl wants to free chickens from cages. Doesn’t want to sell eggs “triples” – Virtual Russian

Lidl wants to 2025 to completely abandon the sale of eggs from hens free-range window type, according to the Association of Open Cells. The Declaration applies to all stores, including in Poland.

“Lidl has promised that, by 2025, will completely refuse to produce eggs with the contents of the window type in stores around the world. Policy network Lidl is unique, as it involves the rejection of the use of the “Troika" in the case of all the eggs and products of its own brand, including products that contain eggs or pre-packaged bakery products”, – reads the message on the page otwarteklatki.pl.

as part of the “Troika” (this figure means that that eggs from free range hens window type) will be withdrawn much earlier. For example, in Austria, Finland or Denmark, eggs from free-range window-type may disappear this year. This type of eggs to buy in Lidlach Germany and Holland.

“the Adoption of a new policy that makes Lidl is one of the first companies that have pledged to renounce the use of eggs marked with the number 3″, – reads the message of Open Frames.

Information is confirmed it myself Lidl. Press Secretary of the British branch of Ryan McDonnell stated that the network did it to prove the high standards that have guided.

Earlier for such did Poland Aldi. In their shops the products from chickens from the cages also have to disappear in 2025. Soon they can not be purchased at the British institution, Tesco. “Triples” there is in the products of McDonald’s, not for a long time and these companies Lu Mondelez.

Currently, up to 90 percent. officially sold in Poland eggs comes from the content of the window type. Only one in a thousand is organic. The largest farms even produce 6 million eggs per day. However, it must be remembered that a lot of hens not covered by official statistics. It is estimated that even that fourth egg in Poland buy in the bazaars, fairs or directly from farmers.

I Should add that in July the Polish government allowed the continued use in feed for chickens GMO. Initially the ban was supposed to last until the end of 2017. The PiS government decided in July, however, the extension of the explanatory Memorandum to 2021.