Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
The avian flu epidemic sweeping through the country has devastated chicken farms. It's resulted in more than 30 million birds that have had to be destroyed.
It hasn't had much of an effect on the price of eggs -- yet. But it is beginning to have a major impact on food producers such as McDonalds and General Mills, who rely on eggs to create things like egg McMuffins and cake mixes.
Stephanie Strom, a business reporter from the New York Times, explained the issue. Fedele Bauccio, chief executive of Bon Appetit Management company, which provides food service to more than 500 universities, museums and corporations across the country, gave an insight into how the shortage could affect their daily operations.