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There are real issues and many shoppers will have noticed apps on supermarket shelves for eggs. there are a number of factors going on, free range egg producers saying that they are not making any money because of soaring costs for things like feed and energy and some are leaving the industry or pausing production and also avian flu has been around for the past few years in the uk and has caused some producers to cut back. so we have a situation where the number of packed eggs fell by 10% in the last quarter year on year. the situation is being compounded by this severe outbreak of avian flu and that is now starting to be felt on the shelves. the retail industry body says supermarkets are working hard with suppliers to minimise the impact on customers and as for the government, defra i sang there is no shortage, that with 38 million hands these ....