Supermarket shell-out? Bird flu sees shoppers scramble for eggs as rationing looms on the horizon.
To-date, around 48 million chickens across the UK have so far been culled as a result of the bird flu crisis, affecting chickens reared for meat as well as eggs.
It follows warnings that turkeys could be in short supply this Christmas, with producers given the nod to freeze poultry before defrosting in order to maintain an adequate supply. Asda has already rationed purchases of its budget lines – a shortage believed to be linked to poor weather in Europe. It follows the period of lockdown which saw supermarkets implement restrictions on the purchase of key cupboard staples – including eggs and flour.
Charles Mears, a farmer in Wareseley, Cambridgeshire, told the Daily Mail: “We’ve been warning people for a long time, but people have been expecting cheap food, which just isn’t sustainable.Meanwhile, the British Free Range Egg Producers Association said: “We warned ten months ago that producers would pause or halt production if they weren’t paid a fair price for their product, and that the knock-on effect would be fewer hens and fewer eggs.
The timing of the shortages affecting the cupboard staple couldn’t be worse, as soaring food inflation – which hit 14.6 per cent in the 12 months to the end of September – was compounded by the ongoing energy crisis.
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