Which Came First, the Bird Flu or the Egg?
Bird flu has made the leap to mammals and the impact is already at the grocery store.
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As Thanksgiving approaches the price of eggs is spiking again. But it wasn’t just inflation this time – it was also the rising number of cases of avian flu. How can the USDA, FDA, and CDC contain an outbreak in a country that both hates taking preventative measures and won’t tolerate any disruption in their food supply chain?
Guest: Marcia Brown, food and agriculture reporter at POLITICO.
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