How do you like your eggs?
Well if it were up to Animal Justice, you can have your eggs any way you’d like just not from Burnbrae Farms.
It’s website says Animal Justice is the only organization of its kind making sure that animals have a legal voice in Canada, and for the last year they have had a bone to pick with Burnbrae Farms.
Burnbrae originated in 1891 when Joseph Hudson purchased a farm in the village of Lyn near Brockville. The company has farms in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba, grading stations across the country (with the exception of Atlantic Canada) and processing operations in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba including one in Strathroy since 1978, and have recently purchased property in the Molnar Industrial Park for an eventual move.
Animal Justice Lawyer and Executive Director Camille Labchuk says this issue has been going on for a while.
The campaign is called Dynasty of Cruelty, and they are putting info cards in or on egg cartons launched two weeks ago in Burnbrae customer stores.
Margaret Hudson President and CEO of Burnbrae Farms says they are about customer top quality service.
Labchuk says the reality is there are currently no farmed animal welfare laws in Canada that set out standards for how animals should be treated, and she says in Canada its a free for all so the industry essentially makes up its own rules.
Hudson told myFM they have been following standards for years.
Hudson says Burnbrae has always been open to addressing questions and concerns.
Labchuk told myFM that may be the case but they have received no response from Burnbrae.
Hudson answered that comment simply saying the conversation would no be proactive.
Labchuk says you may very well see pamphlets at a grocery store near you.
Hudson added that Burnbrae will not be pursuing any legal action, and they thank all their customers for trusting their family for decades and leading the way in egg agriculture.
Written by: C. Soares