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We are in a crisis situation with infections occurring successively in the same areas and are concerned about the impact on egg prices.
A senior agriculture ministry official. A spike in avian flu cases in January in Aichi and Chiba prefectures is alarming the agriculture ministry and raising concerns about egg prices remaining high.
Egg shortage, higher prices caused by spike in bird flu cases affecting millions of chickens
According to the latest data from the USDA, the number of birds affected by cases spiked over the last three months. That change is creating a shortage of chickens, and a lack of eggs as a result.