Shoppers freak out over rising egg prices after deadliest US outbreak of illness affecting 58M birds sparked shortage

THERE is widespread panic among shoppers as egg prices surge amid a bird flu outbreak. Egg consumption has soared as people have traded their primary protein source from meat to the more inexpensive eggs, according to the CBS News. 3 Egg consumption has soared as people have traded their primary protein source from meat to the more inexpensive eggs Credit: Getty 3 Los Angeles Times reporter Sonja Sharp warned about increasing egg demand Credit: CBS But as demand increases, supply has dramatically fallen in the U.S. because of the deadly contagion among poultry. America has seen an uptick in birds… Read Full Article