Labels' free rein

By Larissa Nicholson
Updated February 14 2013 - 4:09pm, first published November 14 2012 - 3:00am
Free range  eggs may not be all they are cracked up to be.
Free range eggs may not be all they are cracked up to be.

When you pick up a carton of free-range eggs at the supermarket, how do you know whether the hens that produced those eggs are free-ranging as happily as you might imagine? Egg lovers may be surprised to learn there is no mandated standard.

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