Egg producers reach federal and state settlement after price-fixing probe
Three U.S. egg producers will be required to provide 53 million eggs to food banks and to pay a $3.3 million financial penalty.
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Three U.S. egg producers will be required to provide 53 million eggs to food banks and to pay a $3.3 million financial penalty.
The August Egg Company recalled about 1.7 million brown organic and brown cage-free egg varieties distributed to grocery stores between February and May.
With the bird flu impacting egg production nationwide, a Bay Area-based company that makes a vegan egg substitute said the demand for their product is rising as consumers are looking for alternatives.
The bird flu is still wiping out poultry flocks, leading to supply shortages. Here's when egg prices could come down, experts say.
The current egg supply shortage from the bird flu is causing difficulties for those farmers who produce eggs in the North Bay.
As the bird flu outbreak impacts egg shortages and prices, some people are turning to renting or buying backyard chickens.
The price of eggs is soaring, adding to the burden many Bay Area residents are already feeling with rising food costs over the last several years.
The organic eggs, sold in packages of two dozen, were sold in 25 Costco stores across several states. Here's what to know.
The bird flu outbreak has led to an egg shortage nationwide, including Bay Area grocery stores where at some locations the price of a dozen eggs have reached $7. Veronica Macias reports.
The jury ruled last week that the egg producers used various means to limit the domestic supply of eggs to increase the price of products during the 2000s.
