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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Free-Range Egg Marketing Standards (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
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(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs is amended as follows.
(2) In Annex 2 (Minimum requirements for systems of production for the various egg farming methods), in paragraph 1, at the end of point (a), insert as new subparagraphs—“The second subparagraph does not apply to eggs marketed in England.For eggs marketed in England, should measures adopted under assimilated law require access of hens to open-air runs to be restricted in order to protect public or animal health, those eggs may be marketed as ‘free-range’ notwithstanding that restriction.”.
Daniel Zeichner
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
22nd January 2025