Egg shortage due to bird flu outbreak? A million eggs per day have disappeared from the market of Poland

After a bird flu outbreak was confirmed at a laying hen farm in Wielkopolska, nearly 1.4 million hens were designated for culling, which means that one million fewer eggs will be delivered to the market per day - informed Paweł Podstawka, chairman of the National Federation of Poultry Breeders and Egg Producers (KFHDiPJ) on Friday. After a bird flu outbreak was confirmed at a laying hen farm in Wielkopolska, nearly 1.4 million hens were designated for culling. It will take at least 20 weeks to restore the lost potential - informed the federation. "Over a million eggs per day have suddenly disappeared from the market. This is a huge number that was supposed to reach bakeries, shops and food production plants every day. Of course, there will be voices saying that in a country where around 50 million eggs were produced per day not long ago, this is a small loss, but in the current egg trading system, in which the pricing policy of large retail chains plays a significant role, and for ...