CNN
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As consumers face skyrocketing egg prices, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reports an increase of people attempting to smuggle eggs across the border from Mexico.
The CBP’s San Diego Field Office reported Thursday seeing a 158% increase in egg interceptions since the fiscal year of 2024.
A CBP spokesperson told CNN the agency has seen a 29% increase in eggs being detained at ports of entry this fiscal year when compared to the same time-period in the last fiscal year (October 2023 – February 2024).
Egg prices have jumped to all-time highs due in part to an outbreak of avian flu, or bird flu, that has been afflicting…
