It could be one to two years before the US egg industry is firing on all cylinders again following the latest avian flu outbreak, says United Egg Producers, a co-op which owns 95% of the nation’s egg-laying hens.
Speaking on a conference call organized by the American Egg Board and United Egg Producers earlier this month, UEP president and CEO Chad Gregory said 35 million egg layers had been impacted since April 20, of which 30 million were dedicated to the egg products industry.
On the plus side, however, there have been no new outbreaks of H5N2 reported in egg-laying hens since May 29 (subsequent outbreaks have mostly impacted turkeys – taking the most recent figure of birds affected to more than 47 million), and the egg industry is hoping that the worst may be over, he said.
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