Supermarket retailers in South Africa are were grappling with an egg shortage triggered by a major bird flu outbreak.
Image: Klaus Nielsen/Pexelstriggered by a major bird flu outbreak that has seen shelves going empty across the country in recent weeks.Grocery store chains said they have been forced to hike prices and ration eggs, as producers contend with the disease, which has caused the loss of millions of chickens since April.
“We have implemented a limit on whole egg purchases in all… stores and online to 6 eggs per customer,” retailerALSO READ | Only two lonely six-egg cartons were left on the shelves of one of the retailer’s stores in an affluent Johannesburg suburb on Thursday morning.“We continue to work closely with our egg suppliers, securing as much stock as possible and utilising our supply chain to transport it to regions experiencing shortages,” it said.One of the continent’s major poultry producers, South Africa reported the first bird flu cases in commercial farms in April, according to an industry group.
The virus has typically been confined to seasonal outbreaks, but since 2021 cases have emerged year-round, and across the globe, leading to what experts say is the largest outbreak ever seen. SAPA said the number of avian flu cases in South Africa this year was higher than in any year since the first outbreaks were reported in commercial farms in 2017.
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