Indiana Agriculture Commissioner Ted McKinney predicts a recent egg price spike will also raise the cost of products that use liquid eggs, like salad dressings or breakfast sandwiches. He says the flu epidemic is not the only reason prices have gone up, but it’s certainly played a role.
He hopes the flu outbreak will raise awareness about the importance of keeping food supplies secure and livestock safe from contamination.
"Keeping one’s birds contained, isolated, looked after, is probably the biggest thing," McKinney says.
So far, the bird flu epidemic has only reached one Indiana farm, in Whitley County.
