Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 4/6/20

The agency is offering a temporary reprieve from packaging rules for shell eggs so the industry can keep up with booming demand from shoppers. "Additional shell eggs for consumers are available, but appropriately labeled retail packaging is not available for all such shell eggs," the FDA wrote in guidance released over the weekend.

Here's the deal: The agency "does not intend to object" to retailers selling eggs in cartons or flats without labels, as long as stores clearly display certain information like the manufacturer/distributor and safe handling instructions re: salmonella.

The baking boom: Stress-baking and hoarding has fueled egg shortages in stores in recent weeks. There's even a spike in demand for live chickens with people looking to produce their own eggs. Cluckingham Palace, which raises and sells chicks near San Antonio, has waiting lists as long as two weeks, with some customers seeking 150 birds at a time, the Express-News reports.