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December 10, 2025
Cotton Introduces Bill to Lower Costs of Eggs
Washington, DC — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced legislation to allow hatcheries to use pasteurized eggs in egg products, like cake mixes, salad dressings, and other grocery products. The Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025 will combat high egg prices for Arkansas consumers by cutting bureaucratic red tape that forces farmers to discard hundreds of millions of useable eggs each year.
“Arkansas consumers have paid higher egg prices and faced egg shortages because of bureaucratic red tape that forces farmers to throw out hundreds of millions of useable eggs each year. My bill will cut these excessive regulations and lower egg prices,” said Senator Cotton.
Text of the bill can be found here.
The Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025 would:
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