Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods is being accused of price-fixing egg prices. Cal-Maine Foods While US egg farms have destroyed some 115 million hens over 24 months to stop the spread of bird flu ...

With farms across the U.S. testing positive for bird flu cases, the USDA predicts that egg prices will rise up to 20% this year due to a shortage of eggs.

Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Egg Recall by Wisconsin Farm Officials said 65 people in nine states have been infected in the outbreak, which has been traced to an egg farm. No deaths have been reported.