Re: Battery Eggs in Veggie Products.

"Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> This months RSPCA Newsletter contains some info on battery eggs used in
> supermarket products.
>  Perhaps e-mailing  your supermarket may provoke some response.
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> Legally there is no problem, but do fancy eating veggie products
containing
> battery eggs?
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> 1/ Battery eggs
> 2/ Hunting ban
> 3/ Primate research
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> 1/ BATTERY EGGS IN VEGGIE PRODUCTS
> A new RSPCA survey has revealed that 80 per cent of supermarkets,
including
> Asda, Sainsbury's and Tesco, use battery eggs in their own-brand products
> labelled 'suitable for vegetarians'.
>
> The RSPCA believes this could come as a shock to the estimated four
million
> vegetarians living in the UK - many will have chosen a vegetarian diet
> because they do not want to eat foods derived from cruel farming methods.
>
> Click on the link below to find out if your favourite supermarket or
> vegetarian food manufacturer uses battery eggs in their vegetarian
products
> and how you can take action to support the RSPCA&#8217;s campaign against
> battery cages:
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> RSPCA vegetarian survey
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> 2/ HUNTING BAN
> The RSPCA is pressing the government to reintroduce the Hunting Bill in
the
> next session of parliament, after it was wrecked in the House of Lords.
>
> It is crucial that pressure is kept up to ensure the government fulfils
its
> manifesto commitment to "enable parliament to reach a conclusion on this
> issue" (Labour party general election manifesto 2001).
>
> You can help by sending an e-mail to Tony Blair asking him to reintroduce
> the Hunting Bill in the next session of parliament, which begins with the
> Queen's Speech on 26 November. E-mail the prime minister
>
> 3/ PRIMATE RESEARCH
> More primates could be subjected to the pain and distress of experiments
at
> a new scientific research centre in Cambridgeshire, which has just been
> granted planning permission by the government after being turned down
twice
> by South Cambridgeshire District Council.
>
> The RSPCA would like to see an end to primate use and the replacement of
> primate experiments with humane alternatives. The Society is currently
> campaigning for an end to the suffering involved with the supply and
> transport of primates used in research.
>
> Find out more about the RSPCA&#8217;s primate campaign at:
>
> www.rspca.org.uk/primates
>
> OTHER CAMPAIGNS
> For details of other RSPCA campaigns, please visit www.rspca.org.uk
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Since making this posting it has been brought to my attention the 'Linda
McCartney' range of foods contain only free range eggs and are now GM free.

R.
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