SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Skyrocketing egg prices resulting from Korea’s record bird flu outbreak are now affecting the diet of 640,000 soldiers, with egg supply plummeting in recent weeks. The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, Nonghyup, is currently responsible for all eggs provided to the military, but had to reduce its supply by roughly [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – According to recent data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the average egg price in Korea is up to 2.8 times higher than in overseas markets, posing a threat to bakeries and confectioneries. The ministry compared the wholesale prices of eggs in the United States, Spain, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Egg prices in South Korea are showing signs of jumping as a large number of chickens have been culled due to the recent outbreak of avian influenza, industry sources said Thursday. The country has seen highly pathogenic bird flu cases spread at a rapid pace since mid-November when the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – As consumer interest in eating healthy food is growing, eggs that are produced in a ‘natural’ way by free-range chickens instead of by chickens in chicken coops have been in high demand. However, it turns out that many consumers have been fooled, as a lot of those eggs were [...]