Trump’s Plan to Lower Egg Prices and a Threat to Bird Flu Vaccines Explained | Scientific American

These include providing $500 million in funding for biosecurity measures on poultry farms, $400 million in financial compensation to farmers with infected flocks and $100 million to explore the use of vaccines for egg-laying chickens (a somewhat controversial move that some other countries have already taken). The plan also includes removing what Rollins called "unnecessary burdens" on egg producers, such as a California law that establishes minimum space requirements for hens. Additionally, it would make it easier for families to raise backyard chickens—notably, several of the human H5N1 cases, including the only reported human death, were in people with exposure to backyard birds. Lastly, the Trump administration is considering temporarily importing eggs from abroad. Turkey has already begun exporting eggs to the U.S.…

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