California Egg Industry Tracker

California's recent egg-industry news, cage-free law status and confirmed bird-flu (HPAI) activity, in one page.

Recent California Stories

• Markets/Prices · Severity 2 · AL, AR, CA, CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TX, UT, WA, WI · September 22, 2026

  NASS: table-egg layer flock hits 317.3M head in August

• Markets/Prices · Severity 2 · CA · September 21, 2026

  Shell Egg Prices Mixed: Caged Large Falls, Cage-Free Climbs

• Markets/Prices · Severity 2 · CA · September 17, 2026

  Caged Egg Prices Slip as Cage-Free Large Rises Nationally

• Markets/Prices · Severity 2 · CA · September 14, 2026

  Egg Prices Mostly Steady as Extra Large Caged Slides Through Mid-September

• Food Safety/Recalls · Severity 3 · CA · September 11, 2026

  Happy Hens Downplays Salmonella Match Despite Pending Egg Tests, No Recall

• Markets/Prices · Severity 3 · CA · September 10, 2026

  Egg Prices Mixed as Retail Feature Activity Jumps Sharply

• Markets/Prices · Severity 2 · CA · September 8, 2026

  USDA Shell Egg Index: Caged Prices Rise, Cage-Free Large Dips

• Markets/Prices · Severity 2 · CA · September 4, 2026

  USDA Shell Egg Index: Large Prices Dip, XL Rises

Cage-Free Law Status

Cage-free law status: Cage-free law in effect

Effective 2022-01-01.

Full detail (labeling, sale-ban scope, grade floor, disputed values) is at the EggWire Pro state compare table.

California cage-free egg law

Bird Flu (HPAI) — California

No HPAI detections in commercial table-egg flocks in California in the tracked window (last 30 days).

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