Retailers across South Africa have already begun rationing eggs in anticipation of countrywide shortages of eggs and chicken meat due to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the country.
More than seven million birds have been culled within the South African poultry industry in 2023 since the outbreak, which is being described as one of the most devastating to hit South Africa since the H5N8 bird flu in 2017.
The drastic spread of the outbreak has triggered fears that South