If you are in Toulon area you may have already saw these boxes of eggs on stalls? We find them in hypermarkets as the Carrefour of Ollioules, and even on street markets (I see them particularly on the market of Toulon and La Seyne). These eggs are produced in Puget and the box lets you think that it is a a farmer production with cackling hens under the Mediterranean sun ... unfortunately it's not !
You just have to look at the code registered on the eggshell (it's been an obligation in France since January, 2004) and it is particularly useful for eggs sold on markets where we do hope to buy free-range eggs. On every egg you will find a figure followed by the F letter. It is what indicates the type of breeding from 0 to 3.
0 = Organic Free-range hens, organic food (at least 2.5m2 of outside ground by hen)
1 = Free-range hens (at least 2.5m2 of outside ground by hen)
2 = Intensive breeding but no cage and at the most 9 hens by m2
3 = Hens raised in cage (18 hens by m2)
As long as our box of eggs of Puget is concerned, the box let us expect to find the code 1FR on the egg and nevertheless it is an intensive breeding in cage ! Eating local is unfortunately not sufficient, here the price is much more attractive than organic eggs or red label (label rouge) but the conditions of breeding are purely indescentes.
As long as our box of eggs of Puget is concerned, the box let us expect to find the code 1FR on the egg and nevertheless it is an intensive breeding in cage ! Eating local is unfortunately not sufficient, here the price is much more attractive than organic eggs or red label (label rouge) but the conditions of breeding are purely indescentes.
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