SYDNEY (AFP) – McDonald’s fast-food outlets in Australia have cut breakfast service hours as bird flu outbreaks around the country hit egg supplies.
“We are carefully managing (the) supply of eggs due to the current industry challenges,” McDonald’s Australia said in a message to customers this week. As a result, breakfast orders will stop at 10.30am instead of midday, it said.
“We are working hard with our suppliers to return this back to normal as soon as possible,” it said.
Australian authorities said H7 avian influenza has emerged at nearly a dozen poultry farms across Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
