CERTIFIED ORGANIC EGGS

FACTS ABOUT FACTORY FARMS

According to research, most of the farm animals used for food in Canada go through extreme pain and suffering before they are slaughtered for food.

Egg-laying hens live in such tiny cages their entire lives, they are unable to exhibit their normal behaviours: foraging, walking about, pecking, scratching and nesting. Farmers cut their beaks off without anesthetic to prevent them from pecking each other to death. Some of these hens die of starvation because it's too painful to eat.

The Canadian method of egg production is known to frequently break the bones of hens. The inactivity of the hens combined with the calcium loss due to artificially accelerated egg-laying causes the hens to develop osteoporosis. Of course, they are given no medical attention.

Also, the build up of urine and feces where the hens live cause ammonia that will "irritate the birds' eyes and upper respiratory tract."(1).

Many hens are injured or killed during transportation to the slaughterhouse.

FACTS ABOUT CERTIFIED ORGANIC ANIMALS

No pesticides or chemical fertilizers are permitted in the growing of the animals' feed.

No genetically modified organisms (gmo's) are permitted in the animals' feed.

No antibiotics or growth hormones are permitted.

Certified organic farms do not use artificial chemicals, pesticides, steroid, antibiotics or fertilizers.

Certified Organic farms places great emphasis on animal welfare.

Certified Organic farms are environmentally friendly.

Certified Organic means that a product has been produced in accordance with specific guidelines and organic standards, as established by a certifying agency.

British Columbia Certified Organic means that meat has been produced according to guidelines and standards established by the Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.