EGG CONSUMPTION in Panama has climbed  13.9 percent to 63 million in 2015 , but delivery to supermarket shelves is threatened by  lack of cartons.

On August  29 fire a  destroyed the Moldeados Panameños (Molpasa) factory in Tocumen.

The company produced 100 percent of the cardboard egg cartons in the country.

The National Association of Poultry Farmers of Panama (Anavip) is implementing a contingency plan  due to the destruction of a large number of the cartons in the  fire.

Anavip Executive Director Maria Lavinson said that egg cartons are now being imported until a local source can be developed.

"To deal with this serious and unexpected event, we have made intense efforts to normalize the situation as soon as possible through the urgent import of packages," she said.