Top US Egg Producer Says Bird Flu Still ‘Extremely Strong’
A worker prices eggs on a shelf at a grocery store in Detroit.
Photographer: Matthew Hatcher/BloombergCal-Maine Foods Inc., the biggest egg producer in the US, said bird flu still has an “extremely strong” presence, having last year decimated US poultry flocks and sent egg prices soaring to records.
Nearly 500 outbreaks in poultry were reported across 26 countries in October and November last year, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health. The figures show a “huge global presence,” Chief Executive Officer Sherman Miller said on a call with analysts on Wednesday.