A Utah committee plans to review the state's cage-free egg production law passed two years ago amid new concerns about egg sales.
SALT LAKE CITY — Cliff Lillywhite admits that it has not been easy converting his egg-producing facility from cages to no cages.Utah Legislature passed a law two years ago
But members of the committee, including the original bill's sponsor, seem hesitant to oblige, arguing that it might be easier to pass a bill that rescinds portions of the law than pass legislation that could ban a potentially lower-cost option for consumers. Major retailers like Walmart, Costco and Kroger, the parent owner of Smith's, all have pledged to be cage-free by 2025, too, she added."I'm not sure we saw it as an entrepreneurial opportunity for us," he said. "We saw it as a matter of survival to supply our customers."
Data has shown consumers will purchase the lower-priced egg regardless of whether there is a cage-free pledge or cage-free requirement in the law. If the consumer scenario plays out, agriculture officials suspect there might be a shift in the market, where Utah produces eggs sold to other states and retailers import eggs from states that don't have similar requirements, raising potential food security concerns, especially if there are transportation issues blocking imports.
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