A bipartisan bill called the Lowering Egg Prices Act intends to lower egg prices by allowing “breaker” eggs on the market.
Regulations require eggs to be refrigerated immediately after they are laid, but the rule does not distinguish between table eggs and breaker eggs, the sponsoring lawmakers said. Table eggs are raw products that need to be refrigerated and breaker eggs are pasteurized for use in products like salad dressing, cake mixes and pasta.
“This has forced chicken farmers to throw away nearly 400 million perfectly good eggs each year,” the lawmakers said. “That rule didn’t make sense when it was enacted, and it makes even less sense now, at a time when egg prices are too high and supermarket shelves are too empty.”
