Source: Grandstand Sea
Recently, Taiwan's ongoing "egg shortage" has aroused widespread concern. On March 7, the news about Taiwan's lack of eggs and purchase restrictions even rushed to the hot search.
On the 6th, the price of eggs in Taiwan rose again, and the wholesale price of eggs was adjusted from 52 yuan (New Taiwan dollars, the same below) to 55 yuan per jin (600g per catty), an increase of 5.8%, which is the second time that Taiwan's egg prices have risen in three weeks and hit a record high.
Not only the price increase, but the shortage of eggs also continues to plague the people on the island, and many people have to get up early to queue up to buy. According to Taiwan media reports, the "Victory Oyster Frying" in Taipei City's Liaoning Night Market, oyster fried is facing a crisis of no eggs to add, and egg soup, fried eggs and marinated eggs will also be discontinued. Nantou Sun Moon Lake Black Tea Sightseeing Factory tea eggs also issued a purchase restriction order, and people may not be able to buy eggs if they have money.
Affected by the "egg shortage", the purchase of tea eggs in many places on the island is restricted, and some sightseeing spots stipulate that one person can only buy 2. In addition, the lack of eggs has also led to the forced use of other ingredients for egg products in the food industry.
In this way, egg shortage has become a daily routine on the island. However, what is infuriating is that some oyster fried famous shops were "dispatched" by the Green Camp Internet Army due to the announcement of lack of eggs, threatening to report to the fire, health and other departments to embarrass the business. The reporter stationed in Taiwan visited the site and found that the store was really closed.
In this regard, Zheng Liwen, a representative of the Kuomintang public opinion, lamented that it is a fact that the store has no eggs to use, but because he told the truth, he was "sent out" by the Green Camp Internet Army and was forced to apologize on Facebook. "So what can Taiwan lack?" Isn't this kind of shortage of materials because the DPP authorities are not active enough, or they have elections next year and have no time to manage people's livelihood?
Some public opinion on the island pointed out that how do ordinary people live? How to do business? How innocent the owner is! And even if the DPP Internet Army "goes out" to win, it will not change the facts.
At present, the current situation of egg shortage on the island is serious, and the DPP authorities are unable to solve the aggravated grievances. Taiwan's "TVBS News Network" latest poll on this shows that as many as 91% of netizens on the island are dissatisfied with the performance of Chen Jizhong, head of Taiwan's agricultural department, in handling egg prices and egg shortage.
How big is the egg gap? Taiwan's agricultural department said that the daily output of the island is 112,000 boxes, with a daily shortfall of about 500,000 to 800,000 pieces. This estimate is considered conservative, and the island's daily egg production is actually less than 110,000 cases. Some people in the industry believe that the gap between egg supply and demand on the island may cause egg prices to rise again. (Source: Grandstand Sea WeChat public account)