New egg boxes for German eggs at Spar
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The firm Obermeier makes eggs. The firm is from Bavaria. It changes its egg boxes. The old boxes showed chickens on a field. That is called free range. But the eggs come from the barn. Many people felt cheated. Groups like Food-watch criticize the firm. The new boxes are now neutral. That means: There are no pictures of chickens outside. The firm used the old pictures for 15 years. Spar sells these eggs in Austria. Austria has too few eggs right now. So Spar buys eggs from Germany. Farmers in Austria are angry. They say: This hurts our work. Obermeier says: We sell only few eggs to Spar.
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Definitions
- Barn
- The chickens live in a big house. They can walk around inside. They do not go outside on a field.
- Label
- The label is the text on the box. It tells you about the food. It says where the food comes from.
People
- Franz-Josef Lohner
- He is the boss of the firm Obermeier.
- Martin Aschauer
- He helps animals. He criticizes the eggs from Germany.
Locations
- Bavaria
- This is a part of Germany.
- Austria
- This is a country next to Germany.
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