S. 3423 — Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025

This section exempts surplus broiler hatching eggs intended for sale to egg breakers (i.e., facilities that break eggs for bulk liquid egg products) from shell egg refrigeration requirements in 21 CFR §118.4(e) (or successor regulations), effective on the date of enactment. (As background, those regulations implement Salmonella Enteritidis prevention measures under the Egg Products Inspection Act by requiring shell eggs to be held and transported below 45°F ambient temperature after 36 hours of age.) It directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the FDA Commissioner and in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to issue revised regulations within 180 days after enactment permitting such eggs to be held at temperatures and for durations compatible with chick hatching conditions. It defines "egg" and "egg product" (per 21 U.S.C. §1033), "egg breaker," "broiler hatching egg" (i.e., an egg for broiler hatcheries to produce meat chicks), and "broiler hatchery."