April 3 (UPI) -- The White House has said it will use real eggs in its annual Easter Egg Roll, despite historically high prices and a shortage that the industry is blaming on the latest outbreak of the avian flu.
"They were saying that for Easter 'please don't use eggs. Could you use plastic eggs?' I say we don't want to do that," President Donald Trump said Wednesday in remarks announcing his new tariffs, NBC News reported.
The egg event, scheduled for April 21, will use 30,000 real eggs provided by the American Egg Board, which has said multiple factors are driving up egg prices amid allegations of collusion, ag industry conditions and weather, Farm Action reported.
The Federal Trade Commission opened an investigation into egg prices in March. Farm Action said while avian flu has been cited as the primary driver of skyrocketing egg prices, its actual impact on production has been minimal.
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