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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aisha Rimi

Free range eggs could run out in March as farmers forced to keep birds indoors, MP warns

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Britain could run out of free-range eggs by March as the poultry industry battles its way through the worst avian flu on record, an MP warned.

On 7 November, the government ordered all birds in England and Wales to be kept indoors and told farmers to follow stringent biosecurity measures to protect the animals from the disease.

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