High seasonal demand and caged eggs being phased out have been cited as factors contributing to the supermarket shortage
The low supply of eggs in some areas is partly due to a series of outbreaks of a type of high pathogenicity avian influenza last year.The low supply of eggs in some areas is partly due to a series of outbreaks of a type of high pathogenicity avian influenza last year.Australian customers looking for eggs in their local supermarkets are frequently being greeted by empty shelves, six months after last year’s avian influenza outbreaks.
This resulted in fewer hens and reduced the total volume of egg production. Hospitality operators and retailers have been affected over the past six months and some supermarket shelves remain bare. The EFA’s chief executive, Melinda Hashimoto, declined to comment further when contacted by Guardian Australia last week as she said the peak body did not want its “positive Australia Day story” to be “overshadowed” by one about supply issues. The other egg industry peak body – Australian Eggs – did not respond to requests for comment.
Woolworths updated its animal welfare policy to say it was “continuing our work towards” using only cage-free eggs as an ingredient in its own brand products and was “committed to all vendor branded whole shell eggs we sell being cage free” by the end of 2025Coles has said it is will phase out all caged eggs nationally in 2025. A spokesperson for the supermarket said this was in line with the retail industry’s target.
A Woolworths spokesperson said its supply was “stable” but it would “unfortunately … take a while longer to rebuild” the number of laying hens in Australia after the HPAI outbreak. “Following the avian influenza outbreaks last year, we have been consulting with our suppliers, industry bodies and government to understand the implications and long-term impacts of the outbreaks,” a spokesperson for the supermarket said.Aldi declined to comment. The discount supermarket has experienced a small decrease in the supply of eggs but it has not imposed a limit on the number of cartons customers can buy.
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