Fire at chicken farm won't have significant impact on egg supply

Zeagold Nutrition chief executive John McKay said 50,000 birds were lost in a weekend fire, but it won’t have a significant impact on egg supply.Stories of egg shortages have been hitting headlines after caged-egg farming became outlawed from January 2023 – 10 years after the then-National government made the commitment to phase them out.“The reality is the losses at Orini, represent only 1.4% of the layer hen population nationally so while it’s a tragic loss it won’t have a significant impact on egg supply,”...