Australia has lost more than 10 per cent of its laying hens to bird flu in the last year and there are fears egg shortages will continue as the sector tries to bounce back.
Authorities have culled 2.4 million birds to try and control two large avian influenza outbreaks that have resulted in intermittent but ongoing egg shortages.
So far Australia has managed to avoid the worst strain of bird flu, which is ravaging chicken flocks and killing other animals around the world.