Biotin shortage?

[Trishmare7@aol.com]

Went to order some more Biotin-plus and noticed in one of my catalogs (Valley 
Vet Supply) an asterisk by all the biotin products, with a footnote saying 
that due to a severe biotin shortage anyone interested in these products 
should call for a quote on prices.  Uh oh, that didn't sound good.  (I know 
it doesn't matter to some people, but to me it's always seemed like if I have 
to ask the price, I can't afford it!).
    Then my American Livestock Supply catalog came, and no asterisk by the 
biotin products.  Oh good.  Valley Vet must be confused or something.  Called 
to order my Biotin-plus and American Livestock told me that that product was 
on backorder.  So I asked how long of a delay in getting it did they expect?  
Lady on the phone fiddled on her computer a bit, and then said there was no 
way to know . . . there was a shortage of this product!  Well, I ordered it 
anyway and told them to ship when they had it, but has anyone else heard of 
this biotin shortage?  Why would there be a biotin shortage?  That seems 
strange.

biotin-less in Great White
Trish