03/09/2013
The European Commission is negotiating a new trade deal with Ukraine to import egg products but British producers are concerned they won't meet EU welfare standards.
The European Commission is negotiating a new trade deal with Ukraine to import egg products but British producers are concerned they won't meet EU welfare standards. Heath Brooks has 28,000 birds in Norfolk. He tells Anna Hill his investment in welfare friendly cages is a waste of money if egg products can come in from Ukraine unchecked.
Meanwhile, the Happy Egg Company has commissioned chick-lit author - no pun intended - Catherine Alliott to write a romantic novel for laying hens. The hero of the story is a handsome cockerel called Clooney, whose seductive crowing will make the ladies of the coop more broody and, ultimately, lay more eggs.
And the Food Standards Agency has revealed cases of campylobacter are still on the increase, despite spending millions of pounds on trying to bring the bacteria, which is the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK, under control. Anna speaks to Catherine Brown, chief executive of the FSA and asks why they can't get on top of the problem.
Presented by Anna Hill, and Produced by Anna Jones.
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