Coles limits egg purchases as bird flu hits farms in Victoria

Supermarket cites supply issues after hundreds of thousands of chickens culled amid avian influenza outbreak

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Coles is limiting how many eggs its customers can buy around the country after a deadly strain of bird flu hit farms in Victoria.

Signs in physical stores and on the Coles online store have notified customers of the restrictions, saying: Due to supply issues, we have introduced a temporary limit of 2 items per transaction on eggs."