Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Tom Cotton
Introduced
Summary
This bill would allow surplus broiler hatching eggs to be held at hatching-compatible temperatures and sold to egg breakers for processing into liquid egg products. It would require the Food and Drug Administration, working with the Department of Agriculture, to revise FDA regulation 21 C.F.R. 118.4 to allow that holding and sale and to issue the revised rule within 180 days after enactment.
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- Broiler hatcheries and farmers: Would be able to sell surplus broiler hatching eggs to commercial egg breakers and hold those eggs under temperatures compatible with hatching so they can be processed.
- Egg breakers and food manufacturers: Would gain a defined pathway to receive and process surplus broiler hatching eggs as liquid egg products regulated under the Egg Products Inspection Act.
- Regulators: Would have to revise section 118.4 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations within 180 days after enactment, with FDA consulting USDA on the changes.
- Legal clarity: The bill defines key terms such as "egg", "egg product", "egg breaker", "broiler hatching egg", and "broiler hatchery" for consistent regulatory treatment.
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Allow hatcheries to sell surplus eggs
This bill would make 21 C.F.R. 118.4(e) not apply to surplus broiler hatching eggs that are intended to be sold to egg breakers for processing as liquid egg products under the Egg Products Inspection Act. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the FDA Commissioner and consulting the Secretary of Agriculture, would have 180 days after enactment to issue a revised rule. The revised rule would allow holding these surplus hatching eggs at temperatures and for times compatible with hatching and would allow their sale to egg breaker facilities. The bill would also define key terms such as "egg", "egg product", "egg breaker", "broiler hatching egg", and "broiler hatchery"; those definitions would take effect on enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Tom Cotton
AR • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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