The Wall Street Journal has reported on the intense argument breaking out between chicken and egg companies who both want different things to fix the same problem.
The conflict comes down to whether we should vaccinate the flock against the raging bird flu.
Egg companies believe a stronger government response in necessary.
Dr. Craig Rowles, vaccine adviser to an industry trade group and science chief at Versova, one of the largest U.S. egg producers, agreed with this suggestion.
The USDA fired staffers working on bird flu. Now it's trying to reverse course Although several positions supporting HPAI were notified of their terminations over the weekend, we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters," a spokesperson wrote in a statement shared with NPR. It was first reported by NBC News on Tuesday.
