Postimees reports that all production and sales of eggs from the company will cease immediately, only being restored to full capacity by summer next year. Even at 50% production by March or April, Tallegg are likely to miss out on the annual Easter egg frenzy, and considering they produce 80 million eggs a year - representing almost 20% of their output - it's gotta hurt. (The chickens, at the very least.)Could be boom time for Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish eggs, all of which will undergo strict checks* upon import, although people appear not to be terribly fazed at the prospect of a lack of local eggs on supermarket shelves or about Newcastle disease itself (which, it should be pointed out, poses no threat to humans): a mere knee-jerking 11% have said they will cut eggs and chicken out of their diet completely, while as many as two thirds say the sorry fate of the birds will not influence their lives in the slightest.
*and presumably price rises
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