The USDA secretary released a strategy yesterday on lowering egg prices.
Explained originally as a WSJ opinion (paywall). Summarized here without the paywall.
Five points to the strategy:
$500 million for a biosecurity program to limit transmission of avian flu
$400 million to farmers to recover after an outbreak
$100 million for vaccines
Look to ease regulations, especially overriding California Proposition 12 that banned the sale of eggs from caged hens.
Look to allow temporary imports of eggs
Key concerns:
Enacting a key-goal of the EATS act to override state humane treatment regulations without legislation
Imports from lower-welfare countries
All companies that have committed to going cage-free this year using the USDA response as an excuse to delayed or revoke their commitment.
The USDA secretary released a strategy yesterday on lowering egg prices. Explained originally as a WSJ opinion (paywall). Summarized here without the paywall.
Five points to the strategy:
$500 million for a biosecurity program to limit transmission of avian flu
$400 million to farmers to recover after an outbreak
$100 million for vaccines
Look to ease regulations, especially overriding California Proposition 12 that banned the sale of eggs from caged hens.
Look to allow temporary imports of eggs
Key concerns:
Enacting a key-goal of the EATS act to override state humane treatment regulations without legislation
Imports from lower-welfare countries
All companies that have committed to going cage-free this year using the USDA response as an excuse to delayed or revoke their commitment.