date:Oct 11, 2012
Food manufacturers and consumers should brace themselves for a rise in egg prices.
Thats one of the consequences of the worst wheat harvest in 35 years, said Andrew Joret, the chairman of the British Egg Industry Council. Wheat, he estimated, made up to 60% of the feed in egg production.
In an exclusive podcast for FoodManufacture.co.uk, he also said the poor harvest, which was mirrored in much of Europe and the US, would also drive up prices of meat and poultry, as well as bread.
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