# Bulgaria Agriculture Minister: Million eggs to be withdrawn from market because of bird flu – The Sofia Globe

> Bulgaria's agriculture minister said more than one million eggs will be withdrawn from the market after bird flu outbreaks, the second consecutive year of the problem. He also warned of further outbreaks and of African swine fever near the Bulgarian border.

- Date: 2018-06-22 · published 2018-06-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Bulgaria · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64425-bulgaria-agriculture-minister-million-eggs-to-be-withdrawn-from-market-because
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Withdrawing a million eggs is a small volume against the EU market, so the direct price effect is limited. Warnings about African swine fever near the border could raise risk premiums for pork in the region.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- sofiaglobe.com: https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/06/22/bulgaria-agriculture-minister-million-eggs-to-be-withdrawn-from-market-because-of-bird-flu/

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