"Fresh farm eggs" proclaim the labels on egg cartons. Tnuva egg cartons, for example, show a hen standing on a green patch with a nearby blue tractor hinting at the blue and white - therefore local - provenance of the product. The cartons containing eggs supplied by M. Lesser show a hen basking in warm sunlight, surrounded by greenery.
The eggs you're eating may come from Turkey
Some 80 million are imported to Israel every year, but supervision is minimal.
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