A bipartisan group of House members introduced the Lower Egg Prices Act on March 19. The bill from Rep. Josh Riley (D-NY), Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC), and Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) would permit hundreds of millions of eggs to be sold that have previously been discarded. Federal regulations currently require farmers to refrigerate eggs 36 hours after they are laid. However, the rule does not distinguish between table eggs that need refrigeration and breaker eggs used in various processed grocery products.
The legislation is similar to the request the National Chicken Council (NCC) made last month to the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse or change a regulation that forces broiler eggs to be discarded. Read more