Delhaize to stop using battery hen eggs in products

Delhaize has announced it will ban the use of eggs from battery hens in all of its own-brand products by 2020.

Out of the 7,000 Delhaize-branded products currently on sale, nearly 1,200 contain eggs - of which two-thirds are free-range. This means about 400 products still use eggs from caged hens.

The supermarket chain said it wishes to "confirm its role in improving animal welfare and hopes to inspire other players in the sector".

Other Belgian supermarkets have taken similar decisions. Colruyt committed to only use free-range eggs in its own-brand products in 2012. Lidl followed suit last year.