- Three major egg producers settled an antitrust case by paying $3.3 million and donating 53 million eggs after alleged collusion drove prices up.
- States including Texas (7 million eggs), Arizona and North Carolina are already distributing free eggs through food banks.
- Legal experts say the remedy is unusual and appealing politically, but distributing perishable eggs is logistically tricky since many food banks lack cold-storage capacity.
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