Cesar de Anda (pictured) and Sergio Chavez told delegates at the London conference of the International Egg Commission (IEC) how the virus had devastated egg units in Jalisco - the state where most of Mexico's eggs are produced. "It was a very aggressive virus," said Cesar. "In a matter of days an infected farm was gone. It was a nightmare. I have been in the egg business all my life and it is the first time I have experienced anything like this. One day I just broke down in tears. It was unbelievable."
Conference delegates had earlier heard from Jorge Rueda of the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture. He explained how the virus struck on June 18 in Jalisco, where 55 per cent of all the country's eggs are produced. For Mexico, it quickly became a crisis. The country has the highest consumption of eggs of anywhere in the world and is one of the world's major egg producers - turnin..
