President Donald Trump promised to reduce grocery prices, including eggs. But one of the cracks in his plan is that the egg prices have not decreased since he took office on January 20.

White House press secretary Caroline Levitte, at the first news conference on the camera on January 28, blamed this for “inflation policies” of former President Joe Biden.

Levitt said that the Biden administration and the US Department of Agriculture “directed mass killing of more than 100 million chickens, which led to a lack of chicken supply in this country, and thus the lack of egg supplies, which leads to shortage.”

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Levitte partially accurate statement about the execution of millions of chicken, but it has deleted the important details and context about the reason for this.

First, chicken They were killed to prevent spread From the influenza, very sick, or Bird flu.

Second, the US Department of Agriculture’s long -term policy was to prevent a full flock of birds once the influenza of birds, including Trump’s first management.

The White House journalist, Anna Kelly, referred to the news comments.

Egg prices increased under Biden – from $ 1.60 per scales in February 2021 to $ 4.10 in December 2024 (his first months in the office), showing the work office data. Food prices expectations at the Ministry of Agriculture in January said that the prices of eggs may rise about 20 percent this year.

A spokesman for EXPANA, a consumer price tracking company, told news outlet axios that dozens of large eggs cost more than $ 7 in some American regions.

Since February 8, 2022, when the virus was discovered in a commercial herd, more than 147 million birds have died, including chicken, turkey, ducks and geese.

The data of the US Department of Agriculture shows 108 million chickens that have placed an egg chicken that died since 2022, including 13 million in 2025. It is not clear the number of compassionate or died due to the virus.

As of January 29, bird flu also was also Discovers dairyWhich affects 944 pieces in 16 states, US centers appear for data control and prevention data. The Center for Disease Control said that humans have also experienced positive for the virus – 67 confirmed cases were reported in the United States and one person died.

Why are the herds executed?

Politifact experts told the birds to be executed to prevent the virus from spreading. This is not only nearby farms and poultry industry, but public health. Federal Law of 2002, which is the Animal Health Protection Law, grants the authority to inspection animal and plant health and plants in the US Department of Agriculture to clarify herds of herds of herds and groups to stop the spread of the disease.

“If the birds die, the virus dies with them,” said Ross Dali, a veterinarian at the Ministry of Health in southern Dakota and professor of South Dakota State University.

Chicken, which is contracting in the bird flu virus, has no little chance to survive; 90 percent to 100 percent of them die, usually within 48 hours, the Center for Disease Control said.

Jada Thompson, an economic professor at Arkansas University, said that waiting for the chicken to die naturally allows more viral load in the air, making it more dangerous for workers on the farm and other people who communicate with the farm.

Is this policy new?

Many Politifacts told the population or “disposal” of sick birds is a long -term policy and indicate the outbreak of bird flu in 2015 during the Obama administration.

Yuko Sato, an associate professor at Iowa State University, Assistant Professor of Iowa State University, said that the decrease in the population is the initial control strategy of the US Department of Agriculture for birds, a associate professor at Iowa State University.

“This recent fascism is devastating due to large numbers of buildings that have been participating since 2022,” said Carol Cardona, a veterinary professor at the University of Minnesota and head of bird health. “But the base was present for a very long time now.”

The US Department of Agriculture’s report for 2016 shows that the interruption of population in 2015 killed 50 million birds.

The influenza response plan in the US Department of Agriculture, which was updated in May 2017 during the first administration of Trump, includes policy guidelines based on lessons from influenza outbreaks during Obama and first Trump departments. He said: “The interruption of the rapid population of infected poultry is very important to stop the transmission of the virus and must be given priority.”

During the outbreak of bird flu in March 2017, a report of the US Department of Agriculture said, “Nearly 253,000 birds have been exposed to the population.”

How does population interruption work?

The US Department of Agriculture encourages farmers who notice signs of the disease to contact the Ministry of Agricultural or the veterinarian. Animal samples are tested and the US Department of Agriculture confirms cases; Population interruption usually occurs within 48 hours of confirmation of the virus.

The US Department of Agriculture pays farmers to the dead birds.

Dali said: “It is in the interest of the farmer to complete this quickly, as the US Department of Agriculture provides compensation payments for the compassionate birds, but not those that die naturally.”

Our rule

Levitt said there is a shortage of eggs because the Biden administration “directed mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”

During the Biden administration, more than 100 million chickens died of eggs from the influenza or were killed to stop the spread of the virus. This led to a lack of eggs and high prices.

Agricultural experts said that population interruption is a long -term practice to prevent bird flu. Government documents show that population interruption was the bird flu strategy in the US Department of Agriculture during the first period of Trump and during the outbreak of 2015 during the Obama era.

Leavitt statement is partially accurate but leaves the important details and context. We evaluate it Semi -correct.