Posted on 01/20/2023 11:26:07 AM PST by PROCON
More and more eggs are being seized at the U.S.-Mexico border from people looking for better deals down south as prices soar in America.
Confiscations of egg products by U.S. border officers increased 108 percent from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, according to Border Report. During that time, egg prices climbed to record highs.
December prices averaged $5.03 per dozen, a more than 207 percent increase from December 2021, according to a report from the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Prices have fallen since then, but are likely to stay higher-than-usual because 43 million egg-laying hens recently died in a bird flu outbreak, according to the report.
The situation has been tempting more and more Americans to buy eggs south of the border, where prices can be lower, and bring them back across in violation of federal law. Border crossers caught with eggs can face fines, and their contraband will be taken and destroyed.
“My advice is, don’t bring them over,” said CBP Supervisory Agriculture Specialist Charles Payne. “If you fail to declare them or try to smuggle them, you face civil penalties.”
Jennifer De La O, CBP’s director of field operations in San Diego, said on Twitter her office has “recently noticed an increase” in eggs seized at ports of entry. She said “failure to declare agricultural items” can bring a fine as high as $10,000.
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I wonder if the border patrol is finding as many drug smugglers as egg smugglers?
We used to throw toilet paper and eggs at houses, now we lock them up.
They make egg-cellent profits. That’s no yoke...
“Let them eat...an egg”
Might be more economically viable to the cartels!
Pretty soon we will all have chickens in our backyards.
I caught a Democrat trying to steal eggs at my Chicken Yard..he is just hanging around on a post..
You can walk on in, just don’t bring any eggs with you.
“If you fail to declare them or try to smuggle them, you face civil penalties.”
Just call them undocumented migrant eggs. The government will welcome them and subsidize them, and if they miss the court hearing, there will be no consequences. The downside is at least 18 new Democrat voters per dozen.
Smuggling is up a whopping 108%? From what, One dozen per week to two dozen?
My Amish neighbor just raised the price for a dozen brown eggs...$2.00.
She said feed prices are up.
You need to buy her out, people are selling for $4 a dozen in south central Texas.
Picked up 2 dozen for just a bit over $7 at Costco last weekend.
One doz was $10.00 in North Scottsdale, AZ a few weeks ago. Now I found them for $7.00....but hardly any for sale. Same thing at the two major chain store and Walmart. I just stopped buying them. Cheese and crackers for a while, I guess.
Yeah. $2,500 paint-job on my old Nova ruined on my last day of high school because of two dipwads who thought it would be funny. I can't prove who did it, but I know who did it, and maybe one day, these nearly four decades later, I'll egg those barstewards' vehicles. But not this year. Eggs are too pricey.
Saw a funny meme “This is your brain on drugs” — now you can’t afford the egg, the gas stove is soon to be outlawed, so enjoy the drugs!
A four decade grudge? Damn, that must have been some nice paint-job.
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