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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helena Horton Environment reporter

HISTORICAL FACTS: Block battery eggs coming into uk say animal welfare groups - Caught on Camera

Battery-farmed hens
The CPTPP deal is due to be signed on 16 July, and campaigners are calling for a ban on eggs not produced to UK animal welfare standards. Photograph: Mark Henderson/Alamy

Battery eggs should not be sold in the UK as part of post-Brexit trade deals, animal welfare groups have said, as the government prepares to allow them to be imported.

As part of the new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), ministers are expected to give the green light to battery eggs to be imported from countries including Mexico.

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