McDonald’s shortens Australian breakfast hours to combat egg shortage | Wilnesh News

McDonald’s has announced it will shorten its breakfast by 90 minutes as Australia faces tight egg supplies due to an outbreak of bird flu.

Australia has been battling the epidemic bird flu virus Over the past few months, this has resulted in About 1 million egg-laying hens are affected The country’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Murray Watt said the animals had been euthanized to limit the spread of the disease.

On Tuesday, citing “industry challenges”, McDonald’s announced it would temporarily extend breakfast service hours across Australia to 10.30am instead of noon.

McDonald’s said: “Like many retailers, we are carefully managing our egg supply due to current industry challenges.” stated on its Australian Facebook pageIt added that the company was “working diligently with our Australian farmers and suppliers to return to normalcy as quickly as possible.”

According to reports, supermarkets have also imposed restrictions on Australians, limiting each consumer to two boxes. Australian retail giant Coles and woolworth Most states reportedly have limits on how many cartons of eggs can be purchased in one transaction.

Consumers expect to see “some empty shelves in the short term” and supplies will be diverted to areas with the greatest shortages, The Australian government said in its latest updateIt added that chicken supply has not yet been affected.

The government added that it is currently responding to an outbreak of H7 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at 11 poultry farms.

Ron McMonnies, managing director of the Australian Egg Industry Group, said in a statement that avian influenza in Australia has had an impact on the entire poultry industry, and said consumers should not worry.

“Consumers can rest assured that hundreds of egg farmers across Australia are still raising more than 20 million hens and they will continue to work hard to ensure there are eggs on the shelves,” McMonnies said.

this Australia New Zealand Food Standards It pointed out that there is currently no evidence that people can contract the virus through “properly prepared” food.

The organization added: “Avian influenza is not a food safety issue and is safe to eat properly handled and cooked chicken, eggs and egg products.”