Senator Tammy Baldwin is one of many elected officials calling on the Trump administration to quickly develop a plan to contain the avian flu outbreak in the nation’s poultry flocks and dairy herds.
The devastating impact on the poultry flocks is driving the cost of eggs to record high levels. Baldwin wrote a letter to the administration after the Health and Human Services Department refused to provide updated information to the public and the Centers for Disease Control didn’t release the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for the first time in decades due to the pause on all public health communications.
“The average wholesale price for large, white shell eggs reached $8 a dozen, a 218 percent increase from the $2.51 consumers were paying in December 2023,” she said in the letter. “HPAI detections and egg price increases won’t slow down unless your administration commits to a robust response.”