"The amount we could export would not solve their egg shortage," says the head of the Finnish Poultry Association.

US authorities have turned to Europe for help with the country’s severe egg shortage. The shortfall is due to bird flu, which has plagued the United States for several years.

The Finnish Poultry Association says it has been contacted about exporting eggs to the US. The organisation’s executive director, Veera Lehtilä, told Yle on Saturday that exporting eggs does not seem to be possible at the moment because no market access negotiations have been held with US authorities. This can be a drawn-out process involving extensive inspections and studies.

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  • Octagon9561@lemmy.mlEnglish
    50·
    1 day ago

    Don’t give them any eggs and let them see how destructive the Trump regime really is when completedly isolated from the rest of the world.

  • Geodad@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago

    Good. We need to feel pain so we don’t keep electing fascists.

    Meanwhile, I know someone who keeps chickens…

    • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      11 hours ago

      I am not even sure if Finland could help. How many eggs can a relatively small country like Finland (or Denmark that was asked last week to deliver eggs) deliver to a large country as the U.S.? What difference could that make?