Egg Prices Could be on the Rise

Scrambling your eggs or whipping them into eggnog may soon become more expensive to do.

A new regulation, egg-laying chickens in California will have significantly more room in beginning Jan. 1, 2015.

All egg producers in California must make sure its hen houses are roomy enough to allow birds to lay down, stand up and extend their wings. Farmers who want to continue to sell eggs are making changes before the first.

Some are saying that could lead to an egg shortage.

Steve Soderstrom, poultry technician at Cal Poly, said, “It’s definitely going to be higher in price, but a shortage, it’s interesting, everybody is kind of in a wait and see mode at this point.”

As of January first when you buy eggs you should see a sign that reads CA SEFS compliant or something similar to it. That’s the California shell egg food safety regulation.

For cal poly to meet the requirements, the poultry department on campus says it is removing about 40 percent of its birds.