U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced a $1 billion-dollar comprehensive strategy that the administration hopes will curb highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), protect the U.S. poultry industry, and lower egg prices.
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Fresh meat increased dollar sales by 10.4% in January, easily outperforming the 0.9% increase in processed meat, leading to an overall 7.8% increase over January 2024. The five January weeks generated $10.3 billion, with $7.4 billion for fresh meat, according to the latest Performance Report from Circana, 210 Analytics, and Hillphoenix. While inflation played a role, pound sales increased by 4.5% in fresh, but this result was pulled down by the 0.9% increase in processed for an overall gain of 3.5% year-on-year.
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In light of the pressure the current highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI or “bird flu”) outbreak is putting on the nation’s egg supply, and resulting record egg prices, the National Chicken Council (NCC) yesterday petitioned the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse or modify an Obama-era regulation that forces the broiler industry (chickens raised for meat) to discard perfectly nutritious and safe eggs.
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