Retail Egg Prices Are Not Frozen
United Egg Producers, the
nation’s largest egg marketing
cooperative, cautioned consumers
Tuesday not to be concerned if
they see egg prices at their re
tail outlets continue to fluctuate
during the next 90 days.
Jerry Faulkner, Executive
Vice Preisdent and General
Manager, said fresh shell eggs
are not subject to President
Nixon’s announced 90-day emer
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gency wage-price freeze. He said
eggs in the shell are “raw agricul
tural products” which were
exempted by the President
Faulkner noted that egg prices
for the past several months have
been much lower than in recent
years, and prices received by
producers have been below the
cost of production for some time.
Had the President included eggs
in the price freeze, Faulkner
said, he would have locked many
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federal inspection for its intra-
small producers into bankruptcy.
“We wish to make consumers
aware that egg prices are subject
to change,” Faulkner said “Gen
erally, the egg market rises in
September and October under
normal conditions. Unless the
market remains free to seek its
true supply-demand price level,
many small producers will be
forced out of business and our
industry will consist of a few
large corporations.”
Some retail stores have indi
cated to U E.P. they plan to
stick to a one-price system dur
ing the 90-day period to avoid
any consumer reaction. Faulkner
stated. This policy may force
even higher prices upon con
sumers following the period
since a voluntary retail price
freeze could have the effect of
setting a one-price policy to pro
ducers
“We feel consumers have had
excellent bargains in egg prices
in 1971,” Faulkner continued,
“but they must be aware that low
egg prices cannot continue in
definitely if egg producers are
to survive. If large numbers of
production units are sent into
bankruptcy by either mandatory
or voluntary retail price freezes,
future egg prices will skyrocket
fiom the lack of supply.”
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday, August 28,1971—13
Federal Poultry
state poultry plants, the U S
Department of Agriculture an
nounced recently
State officials have advised
USDA’s Consumer and Market
ing Service that they are not in
a position to develop an inspec
tion program at least equal to
the federal one, as required by
the Wholesome Poultry Products
Act, by the final deadline of
August 18 As a result, USD A
must assume inspection respon
sibility in the state, C&MS
officials said.
Before beginning inspection,
C&MS will have to survey each
of Pennsylvama’s non-federally
inspected poultry plants ap
proximately 35 plants to de
termine staffing needs and cor
rective measures plants must
take to meet Federal require
ments. Following these surveys,
inspection personnel must be
Milk Market Amended
' The US. Department of Agri
culture has issued an emergency
final decision on a proposed
amendment to the Middle At
lantic Federal milk marketing
order.
USDA’s Consumer and Mar
keting Service said the proposed
amendment would increase from
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Plant Inspection
hired, trained and integrated in
to the existing Federal inspec
tion system.
C&MS said Pennsylvania has
been working to develop its own
inspection program for intra
state plants. The Wholesome
Poultry Act gave each State un
til Aug. 18, 1970, to develop a
program at least equal to the
federal one, and provided for an
extension of one year for Statefe
making satisfactory progress
Pennsylvania was granted such
an extension last August
Intrastate poultry plants in 13
States became subject to Fed
eral inspection in early January
and plants in Kentucky and
Nebraska will by Aug 31, 7
State programs have been cer
tified equal to the Federal one,
the remaining 27 States and
Puerto Rico have until Aug 18
to complete their piograms
15 to 25 per cent the allowable
diversions to nonpool plants of
cooperative and non-member
milk for any months of Septem
ber through February Unhmit
ied diversions to nonpool plants
still would be permitted March
through August
Orderly marketing of reseive
milk supplies requires that the
amendment go into effect Sep
tember 1. Therefore, the usual
lecommended decision and peri
od in which to file exceptions
have been eliminated, the USD A
explained This proceduie was
a consideration at the hearing,
and C&MS officials said there
■was no opposition expressed
The proposal is subject to ap
proval by at least two-thirds of
the dairy farmers serving the
market This will be determined
bj*polling their cooperative as
sociations, C&MS officials said
Today’s final decision is based
on evidence from a public hear
ing' in Bala Cynwyd, July 26.
held at the request of a Phila
delphia-based dairy farmer co
operative
Copies of this final decision
may be obtained from the Mar
ket Administrator, Edward L St
Clair, 710 S Washington Street,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314, or
from the Dairy Division, C&MS,
Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D C 20250
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