12.03.2010

A company boss, Keith Owen,  was jailed for three years for his part in a scam which saw tens of millions of eggs falsely passed off as free range. The near two-year fraud also led to eggs wrongly labelled as organic being sold to consumers in supermarkets and other stores across the country. He also imported second-rate eggs from France and Ireland, but marked them up as British Lion standard eggs. Owen was also banned from owning any type of business for seven years and told he may face a further bill for £250,000 to cover the cost of his legal hearings.