JOHANNESBURG - Pro Veg SA Director Donovan Will says there are healthy alternatives to eggs that provide even more protein.
The food awareness organisation says we consume too many egg and poultry products loaded with antibiotics and that infectious diseases in animal products have increased at more than four times the rate of prior decades.
South Africa is currently dealing with an egg shortage triggered by the bird flu outbreak.
Millions of birds have been culled.
The total costs for the poultry sector associated with the current outbreak amount to over R200 million.