The newly confirmed American secretary for the Brooke Rollins agriculture was familiar with the crisis of the bird flu and promises the action.
President Donald TrumpBrooke Rollins agriculture secretary was confirmed on Thursday, and the consolidation of the American chicken crisis and eggs is among its four best priorities.
During the certificate, Rollins indicated that she was in contact with several Republican commissioners for agriculture about the situation, which could be among the worst in decades. On Friday, she gave her first comments on the crisis.
“My first briefing in his office last night was on this particular issue, on bird’s bird’s flu. We look at every possible scenario to ensure that we do everything we can in a safe, safe way, but also to secure the Americans have the food they need .
Brooke Rollins, candidate for agriculture minister for President Donald Trump, swore during the hearing of Senate for Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committees in Washington, DC, January 2nd. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
More than 148 million birds are euthanized, according to CBS, While the birds of the hail Now, raising the overall food inflation.
Egg prices jumped 53% compared to last January and rose 15.2% from December alone, according to the latest Consumer prices indexposted on Wednesday.
“It turns out [former President] Joe Biden did not have a bird’s flu strategy at all, so now no one can buy an egg anywhere in the store, because Joe Biden killed all the hens, “said Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council for President Trump, during an interview with Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow.
The sources say Fox Business that rejection of infected flocks is an current American protocol, but more research and development is needed to control and even prevent epidemics, such as vaccinated birds.
The shelves usually filled with eggs are seen empty at the Whole Foods store in New York. (Fox Business)
The average price of a dozen large eggs and eggs and approaching $ 5.00, followed by the Federal Spare Bank of St. Louis. The US Ministry of Agriculture (USDA) predicted that egg prices, which may be significantly distinguished from the month by month, will increase by more than 20% this year. Fox Business’ Inquiries about USDA are not immediately returned.
Cost of a dozen big -class eggs A. (American Bureau for Fred’s Statistics)
Bernt Nelson, the economist of the American Bureau Foundation, recently told Fox Business that the bird flu, which began in 2022, was far from the end. In December, over 18 million birds were affected, which he said in some places led to “naked food shelves and wide larger prices”.
Retailers limit how many customers can buy
Birds of the flu was confirmed in 67 human cases, according to CDC. (East / East)
The disease affects homemade chickens, turkeys, ducks and other birds. One human mortality is associated with Bird flu outage in Louisiani.
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Costco, Kroger and Whole Foods belong to foods that limit how many egg cardboard they can buy.
Waffle House, a southern breakfast chain, added a temporary 50 cents at an extra time of eggs earlier this month.
Fox Business’ Daniella Genovese contributed to this report.
