Faced With Shortages Caused by Bird Flu, British Supermarkets Are Importing Eggs From EU Countries

British farmers are pleading with the government to step in so they can receive compensation for the unsustainable costs and high losses due to the mandatory culling of hundreds of thousands of chickens caused by bird flu. Therefore, there is a low supply of eggs on store shelves, and many farmers are forced to suspend or discontinue operations to avoid further losses. As a result, British retailers have decided to import eggs from EU countries such as Italy to compensate for the shortage.

British farmers accused large-scale retailers of purchasing eggs outside the country at prices below their production costs rather than supporting domestic businesses. With this, the British Free Range Egg Producers Association (Bfrepa) has requested an urgent meeting with a British supermarket, which confirmed that it imported eggs from Italy into its warehouse, despite a previous commitment to buy only from British suppliers.