Reasons to Look for the British Lion ; Keeping Hens in Battery-Style Cages Will Be Banned in Just Under 12 Months' Time. But There Are Concerns That While British Egg Producers Are Pulling Out All the Stops to Meet the Regulations, Some Other European Countries Are Not. Karen Dent Reports On Why North East Consumers Are Being Urged to 'Look for the Lion'.

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BRITISH poultry farmers are under severe pressure on a number of fronts as they face a radical overhaul of the industry, according to North East egg producer George Tulip.

Mr Tulip runs family business Lintz Hall Farm, based at Burnopfield, which sells eggs across the region under the Derwent Valley Free Range and the Lintz Hall Farm Premier Quality labels. Lintz Hall produces around 40 million eggs a year and also markets eggs on behalf of smaller farms.

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Reasons to Look for the British Lion ; Keeping Hens in Battery-Style Cages Will Be Banned in Just Under 12 Months' Time. But There Are Concerns That While British Egg Producers Are Pulling Out All the Stops to Meet the Regulations, Some Other European Countries Are Not. Karen Dent Reports On Why North East Consumers Are Being Urged to 'Look for the Lion'.

He is three quarters of the way towards converting his business to meet the new requirements of the EU Welfare of Laying Hens Directive. When his work on that is completed, he will have 134,000 birds split between the free range and the 'colony' system, which gives chickens more room in 'enriched' cages...

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