American border agents have made more egg attacks and egg-based products than fentanil since the beginning of this year, official statistics.
Toward data Published by American Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officials in January and 20. February made 134 intercepts of the deadly drug compared to 197. from the previous year.
But it was nothing compared to 3,254 eggs seizures In the same period – more than twice as much as two months of the same 2024. Years.
Figures, First reported on the Canadian Business News site logicJust follow the number of “confiscation events” for a registered CBP for each type of smuggled, not the actual amount. The last comparison is not possible because the CBP releases only the weight of drugs that seized, not the weight of agricultural products.
Still, he illustrates the growing scale of egg smuggling as Prices rose as as much as $ 8.05 per dozen on average due to the bird’s bird outbreaks and, allegedly, prices by a highly concentrated poultry industry.
It also undermines the reason for Donald Trump Trafficking in Mexico and Canada, Which he claims to be necessary to stop fentanyl flood in the US But which opponents say will increase the price of everyday products. (Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reported that about Less than 1 percent of fentanil intercepted at the US border comes from Canada.)
CBP spokesman told Newsweek That in the year increased by 36 percent in the year “eggs that are detained” in the port ports during five months ending with February.
Prices have since dropped from their top at the end of FebruaryApparently because consumers in themselves are not willing shelled on such high marks.