Egg shortage causes spike in grocery store prices Posted: Jun 02, 2015 5:49 PM CST Updated: Jun 02, 2015 6:34 PM CST By Andrew Nomura File photo BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The national egg shortage has affected some restaurants in Louisiana, but agricultural experts say not for long. Louisiana Agricultural and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says an avian flu virus, which originated in Asian, but now has made its way to America, has killed millions of egg-laying chickens. The hit has caused many suppliers to go up on their egg prices. However, Strain says agricultural officials are taking steps to contain the situation and get it under control "We've seen the peak of the disease, and now we are starting to see it weaning off," said Strain. "We think that we have a better idea and understanding of how this occurred and we are developing a vaccine." Emily Sciortino is the general manger at Another Broken Egg restaurant located in the Citiplace Plaza. The restaurant's specialty is breakfast, particularly eggs. Sciortino said they have seen already seen the rise in prices. "For a whole egg, the cost has doubled," said Sciortino. "For liquid eggs, the cost has gone up from $40 to $46." Other than paying a little more at the store, Thersia Lavernge with the LSU AG Center said people shouldn't be worried about catching the virus. "If there even was the slightest chance the influenza was present in an egg that was bought by a consumer, the virus will be killed by the heat of cooking," said Lavernge. Agricultural experts say the egg shortage should last three to six months.
I grabbed a reuben sandwich at Jasons Deli yesterday andI overheard a manager explaining to a customer why there were artificial boiled eggs on the salad bar instead of fresh eggs. He said that there is definitely a shortage with prices way up and that they would return to fresh eggs as soon as the chicken epidemic passes.
The reuben is good at Jasons. But I always order the light portion reuben because the regular reuben is piled so high with corned beef that half of it falls off onto the plate. Its overkill. But the light reuben is just about right.
Hmmm. I hadn't heard of this. Do I need to be throwing out the eggs my chickens lay or testing them some kind of way?
No, just don't eat them raw, Rocky style. The birds have been most affected but the flu is on the down swing. My chickens are averaging four a day so no shortage at my house.
I don't eat eggs, so it doesn't affect me--but I did notice the prices seemed higher on the last dozen I bought because I do use them for baking, of course. Now, if this goes over the chicken, in general, I'm in trouble.
I eat hard boiled a few days a week or so for protein and I love me some eggs for breakfast. The baking though.....so right....it's brutal.
