Association elects new chairman

The British Free Range Egg Producers’ Association (BFREPA) has a new chairman, following the election of Myles Thomas to the association’s top position.Myles, a free range producer from Shropshire, succeeds Roger Gent, from Berkshire, who has stepped down after two years at the helm of the organisation. And, in his first speech as chairman to the BFREPA conference, Myles warned that the industry still needed to work hard to avoid the threat of a potential ban on the use of beak trimming. He urged free range producers to lobby their MPs to stop the ban going ahead.

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