Avian influenza is causing egg shortages and record-high prices across the U.S. Suppliers are cutting production due to the outbreak, leading to empty shelves and increased costs for consumers.
Egg prices and supply have been impacted by avian influenza, forcing egg suppliers to cut production and causing shortages nationwide. Almost all confirmed cases in humans involve direct contact with infected cattle or livestock and the CDC says there is currently no evidence of human-to-human transmission and the risk to the general public is low. Egg prices are up nearly 38% in the past year with prices spiking 8% just in November due to the high demand of holiday baking season.
On average, a dozen eggs will cost people $3.65 right now, compared to $2.14 one year ago. Prices have been the cheapest in the south averaging $3.40 per carton and most expensive on the West Coast at $4.20 per carton. And at the wholesale side of the equation, retailers are buying eggs in California for nearly $9 per carton, according to the USDA report. One popular San Francisco bakery has been feeling this squeeze and told GMA they're not sure when it will get better. Since late October prices are just high, high, high,' Merie Belluomini, co-owner of Victoria Pastry Company, said. 'Today, I was wondering when this was going to stop?' Kevin Bergquist, a sector manager for the Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute, told GMA that 'egg prices just set a record in the past couple of weeks'
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