Egg deficiency in the United States: Is Europe ready to help definitions?

The United States is seeking a solution abroad for it Eggand Because of the outbreak of mutation influenzaWhich launched prices in supermarkets.

Ministry of Agriculture From the United States (US Department of Agriculture), she sent a request to European White Associations at the end of February –Ignoring the definition tensions caused by the United StatesBegging them to send eggs to the United States. Germany, Denmark, Italy, Poland and Sweden It is some of the countries that the US Department of Agriculture directed to deal with scarcity.

But providing eggs to Americans will be complicated for foreign producers. In Europe, farmers deal with their influenza buds Aviar and growing domestic demand before Easter celebrations.

Differences in health regulations between countries

However, one of the greatest obstacles is the approach adopted by the United States To prevent contamination by salmonella. American food security regulations require fresh eggs and cooling before reaching the consumer. In the European UnionSafety standards require that the A -egg class be sold Without washing and without a long cooling. “They are two systems that cannot be more different,” says Hans Peter Goldic, president of the German Association.

Poland He is one of the egg exporters in the European Union. According to KATARZYNA GAAWROńSKA, Director of the National Poultry Chamber and Producers in the field of poultry, eggs are not cleaned in most of the 27 -year -old European Union member states for fear of this Getting rid of the natural protective layer of the peel makes it more vulnerable To bacteria, Gawrońska explained. Polish veterinary authorities are trying to determine whether the country and its farmers can meet our requirements.

In some parts of Europe, for example, it is common for consumers to buy eggs that still contain chicken feathers and stools. Farmer David Carlsch It describes the simple process through which it carries eggs from the family poultry farm in Schoinaiche, a city on the outskirts of the German capital, for its customers. The eggs are removed from the nests, they are placed on the cards and are sold in the same facilities or in a refrigerated sale machine on the outskirts of the property. “The demand during the holy week, of course, is very high, because many children want to draw eggs,” says Karlsch. This German tradition described.

Although the European Union regulations prove that the eggs should not be washed or cleaned, the member states have a certain margin of maneuvering. Ear of egg baths In packaging factories. Jheten Nyberg Larsen, Director of the Danish Bays Association, states that National customs affect the decision. Washed eggs are the standard in Sweden, for example. But this country and Norway informed the United States that they had no more eggs for export.

The Europeans are open to exporting products derived to the United States

Larsen also declares “Eurono” that the Danish White Association was ready to help the American country. He remembers: “In the European Union, we do not have a great surplus of egg supply,” which indicates that, most likely, any increase in American imports of eggs from Europe will reach In the form of dust or other derivatives.

This is the same response provided by the Polish Commercial Association to the American authorities. If the United States befriends Poland as a source of export, then the members are in the organization They will have a limited number of eggs Jourinska said that with the sale of shell, but they can provide very large quantities of manufactured products.

According to the US Department of Agriculture, processed eggs are usually vaporized to avoid diseases that have been transported and then used in food manufacturing or in restaurants, hospitals and elderly housing. Baked products, pasta and sauces such as mayonnaise They are some of the commercial products made Egg powder.

The American authorities also tried to investigate farmers in the Veneto region, in the north of ItalyTo provide emergency eggs, according to Coldierte, the main Italian agricultural lobby. But Italy produces only enough eggs to meet the national demand, so most producers in the area refuse to help. The bird influenza has also made a drain in the Italian poultry industry.

Germany It cannot contribute much. The national poultry industry generates about 73 % of the eggs consumed in the country. “We have to import eggs from the Netherlands every day to keep everyone satisfied,” says Goldenic, of the German Association. “We have about 45 million eggs that we can collect from chicken every day, and in the United States there is a shortage of about 50 million eggs per day.”

Liquid egg imports, freezing and dryer can help launch something from the width for consumers. Last month, the country produced 720 million table eggs less than it was in February 2024, About 10 % decrease. From. He also reduced his egg exports to increase his internal reserves, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Poultry in Spain

Other countries contacted by the United States government Austria, Norway and Spain. The US Department of Agriculture has claimed that it has received in recent months new obligations Türkiye and South Korea In terms of eggs, although he did not specify the quantity or type.

In Spain, in particular, there is not much interest in exports to the United States, As with the car tariff crisis. The export of eggs to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean rarely exceeds 100 tons annually, that is, 0.1 % of Spain’s export volume. Spain’s commercial relationship with European countries is larger than the United States, but in addition, the Iberian Peninsula is barely affected by bird flu that attack farmers from both continents.

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The United States is “inflation”

While unofficial commercial talks continue, the American market showed signs of improvement. For nearly a month has passed since the outbreak of bird flu on local chicken, according to the administration. This was mentioned that the national price of the large eggs decreased to $ 3.27 (3.3 euros) By dozens of March 21. The maximum was $ 8.15 per scales (756 euros) On February 21.

American consumers began to know how to translate the decline in wholesale to lower prices on the supermarkets, according to the administration. The large demand that accompanies Christian and Jewish Easter may cause prices to rise again next month.

Trump did not walk carefully with the feet of bullets with regard to Europeans From the beginning of his second term. The repeated threats of the president to seize them GreenlandDanish lands, angered many in Denmark and in the European Union, in addition to the inhabitants of the Inuet itself. His attitude towards Ukraine The insulting comments of the high positions of its administration have sparked their European allies in the United States.

The European Union, which is The third trade partner of the United StatesHe was not exempted from the definitions that Trump asked for steel, aluminum And cars. But many European officials say that no one would exclude the export of eggs.

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Goldenic says that a friend of egg production recently told him that if the price is correct, Goldenic says that if the price is correct, You will give in to export. “I have two lives in my chest. On the one hand, I would like to say:” No, we cannot support this system, “he says. “The correct answer is that we have to help what we can. This is about people. It is not concerned with the government. It is related to the request of people during the holy week and this is important to fulfill the United States as is the case here.”