# UK welfare review backs cage-free eggs but warns of transition challenges

> The UK Animal Welfare Committee concludes that moving laying hens from cages to barn and free-range systems improves welfare, but only if the industry addresses health, training and investment challenges. Free-range eggs already make up almost 76% of UK production, and the British Egg Industry Council is pressing for a ban on imports from caged systems.

- Date: 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-15T00:11:03.073Z
- Category: policy · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/100197-uk-welfare-review-backs-cage-free-eggs-but-warns-of-transition-challenges
- Commodities: [Eggs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EGGS.md)

## Why it matters

A possible shift away from enriched cages and a restriction on caged-egg imports could raise UK production costs and reshape egg supply and trade flows over time, though the effect is not immediate.

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/poultry/uk-welfare-review-backs-cage-free-eggs-but-warns-of-transition-challenges

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