relation: https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/13226/
title: Foul Play and the Case of the Organic Eggs
creator: Paull, John
subject: Australia
subject: "Organics" in general
subject:  Regulation
subject:  Values, standards and certification
subject: Consumer issues
description: The demand for organic food is often reported as exceeding supply. When faced with just such a shortfall in supply, Australian egg supplier G. O. Drew Pty Ltd substituted non-organic eggs to fill the supply gap. That deception has cost the company $295,000, the egg business has been sold, and the owners are no longer egg suppliers or packers.    The 2007 case of ACCC v G. O. Drew Pty Ltd is a milestone for the Australian organic sector - it is the first Australian case where the Australian Consumer & Competition Commission (ACCC) has publicly challenged organic food labelling claims. This compares to at least 16 cases where the ACCC has successfully challenged false and/or misleading Country of Origin labelling (CoOL). Details of the case and problematic issues with the judgement are discussed.
publisher: Environmental Defenders Office (Tas) Inc
contributor: Feehely, J
date: 2008-02
type: Journal paper
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: /id/eprint/13226/1/13226.pdf
identifier:    Paull, John   (2008) Foul Play and the Case of the Organic Eggs.   EDO Bulletin (26), pp. 2-3.