This legislation, known as the "Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025," aims to modify regulations for surplus broiler hatching eggs to enable their sale to facilities that process them into liquid egg products. It immediately makes specific shell egg temperature and holding time requirements (21 CFR 118.4(e)) inapplicable to these eggs when destined for egg breakers . The bill further mandates that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, issue a revised rule within 180 days. This new regulation must allow surplus broiler hatching eggs to be held under conditions compatible with hatching chicks, thereby facilitating their repurposing for liquid egg products and potentially influencing market prices.
This legislation, known as the "Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025," aims to modify regulations for surplus broiler hatching eggs to enable their sale to facilities that process them into liquid egg products. It immediately makes specific shell egg temperature and holding time requirements (21 CFR 118.4(e)) inapplicable to these eggs when destined for egg breakers . The bill further mandates that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, issue a revised rule within 180 days. This new regulation must allow surplus broiler hatching eggs to be held under conditions compatible with hatching chicks, thereby facilitating their repurposing for liquid egg products and potentially influencing market prices.