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Growth of cage-free eggs may be paused while producers deal with shortages and high prices

By Dan Flynn on January 13, 2023

The B2B WATT Poultry is out with its 2023 special issue of the egg industry. It is a source of hard-to-find market data about the egg industry, just as high egg prices and shortages capture…

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Nevada must rely upon surrounding states for cage-free eggs

By Dan Flynn on June 11, 2021

With Gov. Stephen Sisolak’s signature on June 4, Nevada joined Utah, Michigan, Washington, Oregon, California, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, by mandating cage-free eggs.

There just one problem. There are no commercial egg producers in Nevada,…
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Colorado makes egg producers remodel

By Dan Flynn on July 8, 2020

Colorado is going with the more expensive, cage-free eggs, limiting the options on its menu for producers.

A bill signed July 1 by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sets a 2025 deadline to convert all hen-housing…
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Letter To The Editor: Egg association leader weighs in on cage-free question

By Guest Contributor on June 12, 2020
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Dear Editor,

Food Safety News is a daily “must read” for me in representing the National Association of Egg Farms in producing eggs in conventional caged systems nationwide. I appreciate the insights into numerous…
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Trump’s DOJ supports California over other egg-producing states

By Dan Flynn on December 7, 2018

President Donald J. Trump’s Justice Department is siding with California over 12 egg-producing states that don’t want egg standards dictated by Sacramento.

Noel J. Francisco, the solicitor general of the United States, has put the…
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CDC, FDA urge public to look for Gravel Ridge eggs; more states report illnesses

By Coral Beach on October 3, 2018

During the past three weeks public health officers confirmed another two dozen people with Salmonella Enteritidis infections in an outbreak traced to cage-free eggs from Gravel Ridge Farms.

Federal and state officials continue to express…
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Gravel Ridge Farms recalls eggs for Salmonella risk after illnesses reported

By News Desk on September 9, 2018

A cage-free egg producer is recalling an unspecified number of eggs, regardless of date stamps, from grocery stores and restaurants because of potential contamination with Salmonella. Confirmed illnesses have been linked to the eggs.

The…
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No big boom yet in egg industry ‘cage-free’ hen housing

By News Desk on June 8, 2018

Egg producers would have to triple the number of laying hens kept in so-called cage-free housing to make good on their promise to meet demands for restaurant and retail chains by 2025.

Only 16.8 percent…
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Cage-free hens don’t improve egg food safety, nutrition levels

By Dan Flynn on March 1, 2017

There’s no food safety argument to be made for cage-free eggs versus those from chickens in other types of housing, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Nor are cage-free eggs…
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Hen housing tradeoffs: Food safety, workers and consumers

By Dan Flynn on July 19, 2016

As it turns out, the food stores and restaurant chains promising to sell only cage-free eggs by some date in the future and egg producers have been doing their due diligence when it comes to…
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