Egg shortages linked to avian flu, but that's not the only reason, some stores say

Consumers astir the United States person noticed thing missing from their market stores arsenic they bash their pre-Thanksgiving shopping: eggs. 

Some shoppers looking for eggs were greeted with signs apologizing for the food's lack – and immoderate whitethorn beryllium wondering why.

Egg accumulation dropped 2.6% past period compared to Oct. 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said successful a caller report. 

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As it turns out, there's 1 large happening impacting ovum availability: an outbreak of avian flu. 

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses person been recovered successful birds successful the U.S. since January 2022, according to the USDA's website. 

Avian flu has been recovered successful the United States since January 2022.  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Since the microorganism was archetypal detected successful the U.S., it has dispersed to 49 states.

More than 100 cardinal birds person been affected, the bureau said.

Other stores person cited non-flu reasons arsenic to wherefore their ovum banal is limited. 

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At a Trader Joe's determination successful Chicago, a motion explained the absence of eggs. The store was successful the process of transitioning to "cage escaped only" eggs and supplies mightiness beryllium constricted temporarily, the motion said.

A shopper posted a representation of the motion connected a Trader Joe's Reddit leafage connected Nov. 17, asking if different radical had seen akin ones astatine their stores.

Responses from radical astir the state confirmed eggs were successful abbreviated proviso astatine their locations but without the crushed fixed successful Chicago.

Eggs person been successful abbreviated proviso astatine immoderate retailers.  (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Image)

Fox News Digital reached retired to Trader Joe's for comment. 

Shoppers astatine Whole Foods Market locations person besides reported ovum shortages. 

A Reddit idiosyncratic posted connected a leafage for Whole Foods Market employees saying they were told the shortage is "not owed to the avian flu" but due to the fact that of "trouble sourcing eggs that conscionable our precocious ovum standards." 

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Another idiosyncratic said that 1 store had a constricted banal of eggs and customers were restricted successful the fig that they could buy.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Whole Foods Market for comment. 

Eggs that are beyond their expiration dates whitethorn inactive beryllium fine, a cookbook writer told Fox News Digital. (iStock)

With the ovum shortage, immoderate whitethorn beryllium acrophobic if the eggs they already person astatine location are inactive bully to use. 

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Lisa Steele, writer of "Fresh Eggs Daily," a blog and cookbook astir raising chickens, told Fox News Digital that it is precise elemental to archer if an ovum is inactive bully to usage – adjacent if the expiration day has travel and gone.

To bash this, simply determination a solid of h2o and driblet successful the egg. 

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Eggs that descend to the bottommost and enactment determination are inactive good, but immoderate "floaters" should astir apt beryllium tossed, she said.