SPCA CERTIFIED®
Ewing Poultry Organic Free Range gets SPCA certified®
Ewing Poultry is excited to announce that it is the lastest farm to become
SPCA Certifited® for its Organic free range eggs sold throughout New Zealand.
"This is great news for consumers, who can now choose from, an even wider variety of higher welfare eggs" says SPCA Certified Business Unit Manager Ségolène de Fontenay.
“We are excited to welcome Ewing Poultry, they’ve received SPCA Certified® approval on their free range and barn eggs by meeting our stringent high animal welfare standards. Consumers can buy these eggs with assurance that the hens are well looked after,” says de Fontenay.
"The high SPCA Certified® animal welfare standards fit well with our farming philosophy and we support our customers’ awareness of knowing and caring how their food is farmed”, says Ewing Poultry General Manager Paul Ewing.
"Our priority is to the welfare of our hens and our ongoing commitment is to give them the best conditions possible and providing our customers with high quality, tasty eggs
By moving forward to a sustainable future we researched European standards for free range and barn systems and we found within New Zealand the SPCA Certified® is in keeping with the high EU standards and our own philosophy of high animal welfare standards,” he concludes. Sungold Organic and Golden Downs Organic free range eggs can be purchased at some stores nationwide, with all of its other SPCA Certified® eggs being able to be purchased in Pak N Save, New World, Fresh Choice and some Four Square stores in Christchurch, Kaikoura, Marlborough, Nelson and Tasman regions."