BRITISH EGG IMPORTS.
Foreign eggs numbering about 2500 millions :ire imported into Britain every year, and it is probable that, before long, each egg, as well as many other varieties of imported produce, will be. required by law to bo marked with their source of origin. Denmark is a sort of universal breakfast provider, and alone supplies Britain with bacon, butter, and eggs to the value of £45,000,000 in the year. Danish farmers believe that compulsory marking will bo to their advantage. They claim that the average weight of their eggs per 120, is 171b5., whereas, the average for British is 151bs. They also say that, with their organisations for collecting and marketing, Danish eggs can be, and are sold in the large cities of Britain, within three days of their being laid, or less than the average of the retailed home-produced new-laid egg.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19659, 10 June 1927, Page 16
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