Georgia’s Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper announced on Tuesday, March 4th, that Georgia is now free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), a.k.a. bird flu. This news comes as reports declare some egg companies are using bird flu as an excuse to hike egg prices.
The ongoing bird flu pandemic hasn’t reached a level of absurdity yet, and with the state of Georgia declaring that it is now “free” of the HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza), it could be a signal that things are winding down.
However, bird flu has been confirmed at a commercial chicken farm in Herefordshire, and all of the poultry on the premises will be “humanely culled,” although there can be no such thing. The virus was recorded near Kingston earlier, prompting the establishment of a 3km (1.8 mile) protection zone. A 10km (6.2 mile) surveillance zone, which extends into Wales, has also been implemented, according to a report by The BBC.
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The cost of a dozen large eggs hit almost $5 in January – a record high in the US and more than two and a half times the average price three years ago before the avian flu outbreak. This signifies a 157% inflation rate for eggs – a previously go-to affordable protein source for many American families. But according to a report by The Guardian, the bird flu outbreak doesn’t “fully” explain the inflated cost.
“Bird flu does not fully explain the sticker shock consumers experience in the egg aisle … corporate consolidation is a key culprit behind egg price spikes,” said Amanda Starbuck, lead author of the Food and Water Watch report titled The Economic Cost of Food Monopolies: The Rotten Egg Oligarchy. “Powerful corporations that control every step of the supply chain – from breeding hens to hatching eggs to processing and distributing eggs – are making windfall profits off this crisis, raising their prices above and beyond what is necessary to cover any rising costs.”
The south-east, for instance, remained free of bird flu in its table egg flocks until January 2025. Even as egg production recovered in 2023, prices did not come down. Between April and December 2023, national retail inventories of eggs each month exceeded the five-year average by as much as almost 13%. Yet the average egg price for consumers was higher than the five-year average each month.
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Pet food retailers are also cautioning consumers about pet food recalls over “bird flu” contaminated cat food. On March 1st, Wild Coast Raw of Olympia, Washington, recalled its frozen Boneless Free Range Chicken Formula raw cat food, according to a March 1st announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
All of the bird flu problems could be avoided if the culling were to end. Eventually, the illness would run its course and the leftover birds would build a natural immunity with no need for mass vaccination. But it looks like the ruling class wants to get an injection ready instead.
Bird Flu Vaccine Incoming
And there are always enough eggs to make flu vaccines.
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