Palace Poultry deny all allegations, say they bought and sold eggs in 'good faith'RNZ The owner of Eco Foods, Robert Hehewerth, has denied his company sold caged eggs as free range. The company at the centre of the free range eggs row is denying all allegations that it knowingly bought caged eggs and sold them as free range. A Newsroom.co.nz investigation revealed that Palace Poultry were making up for their shortfall in free range eggs by buying millions of likely caged eggs from another supplier and onselling them as free range. But Palace Poultry co-owner Terry Fletcher told RNZ on Tuesday they believed they were only buying free range eggs. Newsroom.co.nz The packaging Palace Poultry eggs were sold in at Countdown.

Source: Stuff March 14, 2017 05:11 UTC