The rising cost of eggs <https://www.cbsnews.com/news/food-prices-bird-flu-avian-influenza-eggs-chicken-turkey-costs/> in the U.S. is denting household budgets. Americans in recent years have increased the number of eggs they consume while reducing their intake of beef and venison, according to data <https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/animal-products/poultry-eggs/sector-at-a-glance/> from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Egg consumption has grown in part because more families are eating them as their main protein substitute, Los Angeles Times reporter Sonja Sharp told <https://www.cbsnews.com/video/moneywatch-egg-prices-soar-across-the-us/#x> CBS News. "Each of us eats about as many eggs as one hen can lay a year," she said.
As demand for eggs has risen, production in the U.S. has slumped because of the ongoing bird, or "avian," flu epidemic <https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bird-flu-nebraska-1-8-million-chickens-slaughtered/>. Nearly 58 million birds have been infected with avian flu as of January 6, the USDA said <https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-disease-information/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-commercial-backyard-flocks>, making it the deadliest outbreak in U.S. history. Infected birds must be slaughtered, causing egg supplies to fall and prices to surge. Egg prices in December rose 60% from a year earlier, according to Consumer Price Index data <https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t02.htm> released Thursday. Across U.S cities, the average price for a dozen large grade A eggs was $4.25 last month, according to figures <https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111> from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (17 1 23) U.S. customs officials are cracking down on egg smugglers. With egg prices soaring <https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eggs-prices-2022-chicken-bird-flu-inflation-cpi/> in the U.S. over the last year, more Americans are crossing into Mexico to buy the food item and trying to sneak cartons of raw eggs along some areas of the southern border, including California and Texas. "We are seeing an increase in people attempting to cross eggs from Juarez to El Paso because they are significantly less expensive in Mexico than the U.S.," U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Roger Maier told CBS MoneyWatch. "This is also occurring with added frequency at other Southwest border locations." (20 1 23) KR IRS 20123 On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 at 07:42, 'venkat giri' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > Respected sir/s, > Malaysia's egg shortage sets Indian hatcheries on path for record exports > > http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/ > > > *Regards* > *V.SRIDHARAN* > *TRICHY* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/932948373.2807577.1674229348815%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/932948373.2807577.1674229348815%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZopJ%3DSGnhvnJHV_4V8CL4kLb1vSJQ58zJW0QrWZ5Lz36kw%40mail.gmail.com.
