March 9 (UPI) -- The Justice Department said Sunday it is investigating the skyrocketing cost of eggs, which producers have blamed on the latest outbreak of avian flu.
Investigators said they are looking at whether egg producers are being transparent with their production costs, according to the advocacy group Farm Action.
"We applaud the Department of Justice's action to address the skyrocketing price of eggs. Every American has felt the financial pain caused by the power of the monopolistic egg industry," Farm Action president and CEO Joe Maxwell said in a statement. "While avian flu is real, it is no excuse for the price being charged at the grocery store for one of the country's staples."
Maxwell said the group's analysis uncovered antitrust abuses by dominant U.S. egg producers
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