The Mexican government is battling an egg shortage and hoarding that have caused prices to spike in a country with the highest per-capita egg consumption.
An epidemic of bird flu has doubled the cost of about 13 eggs to more than 40 pesos ($3), a major blow to people in a country that consumes more than 350 eggs per person each year. That’s 100 more eggs per person than in the U.S.
President Felipe Calderon announced Friday about $227 million in emergency financing and commercial measures to restore production and replace about 11 million slaughtered chickens.
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