AR-News: (GA) Ad group says egg logo misleading

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

The Associated Press - DES MOINES, Iowa

The Better Business Bureau has said egg producers should stop advertising 
humane treatment of hens under guidelines that allow them to be crammed in cages 
so tiny they cant flap their wings and their beaks to be cut off.
United Egg Producers, an industry trade group based in Atlanta, developed the 
logo on cartons claiming the eggs to be Animal Care Certified. The group said 
it awards the logo based on scientific standards developed by a group of 
independent experts.
However, evidence presented to a division of the Better Business Bureau by a 
small Washington-based animal rights group raised concerns about accuracy.
Consumers concerned about the treatment of animals may purchase eggs in 
cartons bearing the seal under the misimpression that the hens that laid the eggs 
were treated to higher levels of care than is actually the case, stated the 
report released by the bureaus National Advertising Division.



full story:

http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=25495

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can 
do nothing for them, or to them."  (Malcolm Forbes, 1919-1990)
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