These products have disappeared from supermarket shelves, and experts say it will take months to make up for the shortfall.

Foie gras was selling for Ft 18,000-20,000 before Christmas, a three-fold increase from the usual price, the newspaper adds.

Farmers have killed 3 million poultry to contain the virus, and losses are nearing Ft 3 billion, according to Poultry Council head Attila Csabai.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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