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A digit, a country code and a farm number on each shell.
Also known as: Egg code, Lion mark code
Every egg sold in Britain and the European Union is stamped with a code whose first digit gives the farming method — nought for organic, one for free range, two for barn, three for cage. The digit is the part a shopper can read without any reference.
Identifies an egg's farming method, country and producer in a code stamped on the shell.
Contexts: Packaging
Gives the farming method in its first digit, running from nought for organic through free range and barn to three for cage.
Contexts: Packaging
Continues to identify the producing farm after the egg has left the box, which is what allows a contamination incident to be traced.
Contexts: Packaging
A single digit followed by two capital letters and a string of numerals, printed in small type on a shell.