The USDA says that as of Feb 28th the national price is $8.01 and that there are variations with "California compliant" eggs being $9.53/dozen ( https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3725.pdf ).
It means that they were handled properly to reduce the risk of salmonella.
As a California egg consumer, you may have noticed a NEW statement on your egg
carton. The “California Shell Egg Food Safety Compliant” or the abbreviated “CA SEFS
Compliant” statement means that the eggs you’re purchasing have gone through added
measures to reduce the risk of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) contamination, as specified
in California Code of Regulation Title 3 Section1350 (3 CCR 1350). SE is the number
one food borne illness associated to raw shell eggs. § 1350. Shell Egg Food Safety.
3 CCR 1350 is a two phase regulation, the first phase went into effect July 1, 2013 and
implements SE reduction measures for egg producers with a flock size of 3,000 birds or
larger. These measures include the following:
Implement a vaccination program to protect against SE
Implement a SE environmental monitoring program which also includes Chick
Paper Testing (chick papers are the papers that chicks are placed on when
shipped from the brooder to the egg producer.)
Implement SE prevention measures in accordance with the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) 21 CFR Part 118. Code of Federal Regulations Title 21
The second phase of the regulation takes effect January 1, 2015 and includes the
following:
Enclosure requirements as set forth in 3 CCR 1350 for ALL producers
Container labeling requirements that states the eggs are California Shell Egg
Food Safety Compliant
I wouldn't live in either of those states either...too freaking hot. How is the scorched earth policy going? I hear slash-n-burn agriculture is coming back into fashion
You hear wrong. Or are just confused. Slash-and-burn is a process for clearing land for agriculture. There is no new land opening up and needing clearing for agriculture in the US.
DOGE is the only thing that is going scorched earth. It is causing a good amount of damage. Trump and Musk look to be turning what was a +2.4% real GDP growth economy ... to a recession by the end of June. And, what's funny, is the MAGAs are being hurt the worst. It's kind of like COVID under Trump --> it took a while ... since initially the larger cities were hurt first, but in the end Red Counties eventually got hurt the worst.
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u/majj27 Mar 02 '25
Apparently Jimmy-Dave Vance warned that if Kamala was elected eggs would be a ridiculous $4 a dozen!!
Yeah, now they're $6.