The bird flu outbreak has led to unprecedented egg prices averaging $4.95 per dozen, prompting calls for government investigations into possible price gouging. Advocacy groups and lawmakers criticize large egg producers for exploiting the situation. As over 166 million birds have been slaughtered to control the virus, egg supplies have plummeted. Despite the Department of Agriculture's policies aimed at containing the virus, industry leaders assert that the crisis is purely a supply issue driven by the avian illness.
Advocacy groups, Democratic lawmakers, and a Federal Trade Commission member are calling for a government investigation after egg prices spiked to a record average of $4.95 per dozen this month.
The Department of Agriculture's longstanding policy has been to kill entire flocks anytime the virus is found on a farm, significantly disrupting egg supplies.
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