
The United Egg Producers and American Egg Board have released an updated HPAI response plan for egg producers, drawing on lessons from the 2015 outbreak. The plan focuses on crisis communication and consumer messaging, since surveys show about 45% of consumers worry about catching bird flu from eggs.
It sets out USDA APHIS best practices as its basis.
The plan is an industry preparedness measure and does not change current supply or demand. Its relevance to feed prices is indirect and limited to how well producers can handle a future US outbreak.
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