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An alert has been issued for UK households buying eggs in October - as Ukraine and Poland overtake the European Union to become the biggest egg suppliers in Britain.

The news on October 4 has emerged alongside warnings that imports of eggs from caged hens are slipping “through the back door” despite welfare pledges.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency has released data showing Ukraine and Poland together accounted for more than 15m kilograms. Mark Williams, the chair of the British Egg Industry Council, said: “Our farmers are asked to invest in ever-higher standards of hen welfare while the government leaves the back door open to eggs produced in a system that is banned in the UK."

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