Diario Sur - Diario de Málaga. Noticias de Malaga

Sections

Services

Highlight

Delete
The posters of the animal welfare observatory in a supermarket. OBA
'Don't buy these eggs' warning signs pop up in Spanish supermarkets
Animal welfare

'Don't buy these eggs' warning signs pop up in Spanish supermarkets

A campaign aims to denounce companies that have not fulfilled their promise to stop selling code 3 eggs

Alberto Flores

Granada

Friday, 25 April 2025, 13:26

For some days now, some supermarkets in Spain have been displaying warning signs with the following message: "Do not buy these eggs. Goodbye code 3". The poster hanging from egg shelves is a form of protest against those companies and distributors that continue to sell eggs from hens that live in caged conditions.

The campaign was launched by the animal welfare observatory (OBA), which has been trying to put an end to the sale of eggs from caged hens. The practice has started to decrease in Spain, but is still far from being completely eradicated.

The OBA message addresses hens living in code 3 conditions: in confinement in a small cage. According to regulations, each egg has a number from 0 to 3 printed on it, which indicates how the hen that laid the egg was reared.

In total, there are four numbers: 0 indicates that hens have outdoor access and organic feed; 1 corresponds to free-range hens with outdoor access but no organic feed; 2 indicates hens reared on the ground, inside farms, but outside cages; and 3 indicates hens reared in small cages with virtually no space to turn, stretch or flap their wings.

The reason why the OBA's warning message is now reaching supermarkets is that many supermarket chains have publicly committed to stop selling code 3 eggs in 2025. However, the deadline has passed and so far only Lidl, Carrefour, Aldi and Ahorramás have kept their promise.

Despite the fact that many supermarkets have not stopped selling this type of eggs, the percentage of caged hens in Spain has dropped from 93% in 2016 to 67% today. In addition, code 2 hens, which are floor-reared, have doubled their percentage in just four years.

Publicidad

Top 50
  1. 1 Popular Costa del Sol parador to close for two years for 14.5m euro refurbishment
  2. 2 Costa del Sol car park extends its flat-rate one-euro parking hours
  3. 3 Costa del Sol town advances plans for over 500 new homes
  4. 4 Gilmar estate agency opens new office in Benalmádena
  5. 5 New headquarters for Spanish cancer association opens on Costa del Sol
  6. 6 Celebrating five decades of bringing classical music to audiences along the Costa del Sol
  7. 7 Fast times and powerful stories define landmark edition of Ronda race
  8. 8 Costa del Sol motorcycle customiser is runner-up in European championship with his latest Harley-Davidson
  9. 9 Benalmádena promotes historic sites with new selfie points
  10. 10 Torremolinos joins programme for the captive breeding of barn owls

Publicidad

Publicidad

Publicidad

Esta funcionalidad es exclusiva para registrados.

Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados

¿Ya eres registrado?

Inicia sesión
Espacios grises

Reporta un error en esta noticia

* Campos obligatorios

Política de privacidad

surinenglish 'Don't buy these eggs' warning signs pop up in Spanish supermarkets

logo

Debido a un error no hemos podido dar de alta tu suscripción.

Por favor, ponte en contacto con Atención al Cliente.

logo

¡Bienvenido a SURINENGLISH!

logo

Tu suscripción con Google se ha realizado correctamente, pero ya tenías otra suscripción activa en SURINENGLISH.

Déjanos tus datos y nos pondremos en contacto contigo para analizar tu caso

logo

¡Tu suscripción con Google se ha realizado correctamente!

La compra se ha asociado al siguiente email