Tag: Disease outbreaks
Can suspending a cage-free egg law solve the soaring price problem? Nevada takes a crack at it
LAS VEGAS -- Back when egg prices remained securely under $2 a dozen in 2021, Nevada joined several other states concerned about animal...
Waffle House adds surcharge to eggs as massive bird flu outbreak leads to soaring prices
NEW YORK -- The Waffle House restaurant chain is putting a 50 cent per egg surcharge in place temporarily due to the biggest...
Bird flu found in a Georgia commercial flock for the 1st time amid the nationwide outbreak
ATLANTA -- For the first time since the 2022 countrywide outbreak, bird flu hit a poultry producer in Georgia, the nation's top state...
Rising butter prices give European consumers and bakers a bad taste
PARIS -- Pastry chef Arnaud Delmontel rolls out dough for croissants and pain au chocolat that later emerge golden and fragrant from the...
Eggs are available — but pricier — as the holiday baking season begins
Egg prices are rising once more as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with the high demand of the holiday baking season.But...
Dozens are sickened and 1 person died after eating carrots contaminated with E. coli
NEW YORK -- An outbreak of E. coli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged organic carrots, and one person died from...