U.K. egg shortage has stores placing purchase limits. Is Canada next?
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The U.K. is dealing with a massive outbreak of avian flu and seeing many cases on commercial farms, impacting egg supply, which is raising concerns of shortages for the holidays.
An egg shortage in the United Kingdom has Britons scrambling to find the beloved food staple on store shelves.
The U.K. is dealing with a massive outbreak of avian flu and is seeing many cases on commercial farms, impacting egg supply and also raising concerns of chicken and turkey shortages for the holidays.
Canada is also dealing with bird flu cases, so are eggs at risk of running short?
“I don’t think Canadians should be concerned. I think there will be plenty of eggs for the holidays,” said Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.
“The big variable is the avian flu. We don’t know exactly how the flu will impact barns across the country.”
Eggs have been hard to find as of late at British supermarkets, with industry warnings that the shortages may last beyond Christmas, the BBC and The Guardian recently reported.
As a result, grocers have imposed limits on how many eggs customers can buy to preserve inventory.
The British Retail Consortium told BBC News there were several factors influencing the egg market, including the avian flu, supply issues and production costs.
