Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025

This bill lets surplus broiler hatching eggs be sold to factories that crack eggs and sell them as liquid egg, without following one specific storage-temperature rule that was meant for regular shell eggs. These liquid egg products would still be inspected under the Egg Products Inspection Act, which covers safety for processed eggs. The FDA must update its rule within 6 months to allow these surplus hatching eggs to be held at temperatures used for hatching chicks and still be sold for breaking and processing into liquid egg.

Why this matters: It aims to get more eggs into the food supply and help ease prices by letting unused hatching eggs be processed instead of wasted, while keeping processed-egg safety rules in place.

• Who is affected: Broiler hatcheries, “egg breakers” (commercial plants that crack eggs and sell the liquid to food makers), and food manufacturers that buy liquid egg products.
• What changes: A current FDA shell-egg storage rule would not apply to these surplus hatching eggs when they’re sold for liquid processing; FDA must rewrite the rule to fit hatching conditions.
• When: The exemption takes effect at enactment; the revised rule is due within 180 days.