This Section II contains the Research Component of this Supplementary Report and provides context about the Egg Industry in practice, including its impacts and its regulation. Research conducted for this component informed the Stakeholder Component as further set out in Section IV. Specifically, the matters and governance measures identified within them, informed the PAIA Requests sent to the Phase 2 Selected Stakeholders as well as the Phase 2 rating Criteria and Indicators.

Section II of our Initial Report titled: “Chicken and Egg: Industry Overview” provided an overview of the Egg Industry in SA, including different role players, the process involved in egg production, the types of egg products sold, different kinds of production systems, the SA market (local, regionally and internationally), job and economic related matters and industry challenges and threats.

Section III of our Initial Report titled: “Revealing the Cracks”, provided context of the Egg Industry in practice, through the six identified Pillars being Animal Welfare; Environment; Food Safety and Health; Social Issues and Rights, Consumer Protection, and Corporate and Business. Due to the focus of the Initial Report, animal welfare and well-being was highlighted throughout each of the Pillars.

Given the focus of this Supplementary Report is on environmental and consumer related issues, only these two pillars are expanded on below, however the aforementioned pillar issues are woven in throughout, given their intersection and interconnectedness.