S. 3423 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Dec 10, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryAllows unrefrigerated surplus hatching eggs for processing
Right now, eggs meant for eating have to be refrigerated quickly. But eggs meant for hatching are kept warm instead, so they can't be sold for food under current rules. This bill would let farms sell their leftover hatching eggs to facilities that process them into pasteurized liquid egg products for consumption, without needing to refrigerate them first. It also requires the FDA to update the rules to make this officially allowed.
How it affects you
This mainly affects egg producers and food manufacturers who use liquid egg products. For consumers, it could potentially increase the supply of eggs available for processing into products like liquid eggs used in baking and cooking, though the summary doesn't specify how that might affect prices you pay.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Dec 10, 2025)
Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025
This bill permits unrefrigerated surplus eggs originally intended for hatching to be repurposed for use in pasteurized liquid egg products intended for consumption.
Under current regulations, most eggs intended for consumption must be refrigerated within 36 hours of being laid. The bill would exempt from this requirement surplus broiler hatching eggs (eggs originally intended to be hatched and raised for meat) that are repurposed for sale to an egg breaker (a facility that sells liquid egg to food manufacturers).
(Broiler hatching eggs are generally held at a warmer temperature than other eggs in order to facilitate incubation. Because these eggs are not refrigerated, current regulations prohibit the sale of any surplus broiler hatching eggs to egg breakers for use in liquid egg products. Liquid egg products distributed for consumption are separately required under current law to be pasteurized, or treated to destroy bacteria.)
The bill also requires the Food and Drug Administration to revise the refrigeration requirement to permit surplus broiler hatching eggs held at temperatures suitable for hatching chicks to be sold to egg breakers for processing as liquid egg products.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 3423
A BILL
Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) · Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · Health · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Dec 10, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.”