{"id":1823868,"date":"2023-01-25T14:36:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T19:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823868"},"modified":"2023-01-25T14:37:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T19:37:40","slug":"report-border-agents-face-influx-of-smuggled-eggs-as-prices-skyrocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-border-agents-face-influx-of-smuggled-eggs-as-prices-skyrocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Border Agents Face Influx of Smuggled Eggs as Prices Skyrocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-border-agents-face-influx-of-smuggled-eggs-as-prices-skyrocket%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823868&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<\/p>\n<p>The price of eggs has risen 60% in the past year. Eggs can be seen on a shelf at Pioneer Supermarkets in Flatbush, Brooklyn on January 12, 2023. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images).    <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Border agents are working fast to solve a new problem that is entering the country: eggs being smuggled into the country as contraband.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers observed more than 2,000 contacts with individuals trying to smuggle egg into the country between November 1 and January 17. This included four cities: San Diego (California) and El Paso (Texas). Last year, there were only 460 encounters. <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/25\/us\/egg-smuggling-mexico.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/25\/us\/egg-smuggling-mexico.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1674752547487000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2LRKWd3WQrD95aEnAKqR-p\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Egg smuggling increases the food&#8217;s cost. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/01\/23\/high-egg-prices-due-to-a-collusive-scheme-by-suppliers-group-claims.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/01\/23\/high-egg-prices-due-to-a-collusive-scheme-by-suppliers-group-claims.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1674752547487000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3yjVCuYlKVvpnwc-tSXGlR\">rose<\/a> 60 percent in 2022. Grade A eggs increased from $1.79 per dozen to $4.25 annually in December 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/APU0000708111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/APU0000708111&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1674752547487000&#038;usg=AOvVaw05iqcfdpJVez6_vCr9Wckp\">later<\/a>. The factors that led to the rise include an outbreak of bird flu which affected tens of thousands of chickens, and the soaring inflation rates under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Some items are not eligible for the grocery bill relief program. Mexico bans the import of animal products and certain fruits and veggies.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to report cargo can result in a penalty. <em>Times<\/em> reported:<\/p>\n<p>People who claim they have crossed the border with eggs &#8220;can abandon the product without consequence,&#8221; [CBP spokesman Roger Maier] said. He said that Customs and Border Protection agricultural experts collect and destroy eggs.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Maier stated that in a &#8220;very small number of cases in the last week or so,&#8221; Eggs were not declared and found during inspection. He stated that the $300 civil penalty was issued to those who were involved in those cases. Repeat offenders and people who bring in eggs for commercial use can face higher fines, he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Border agents are scrambling to address a new problem coming into the country: eggs smuggled as contraband.<br \/>\nThe post Report: Border Agents Face Influx of Smuggled Eggs as Prices Skyrocket appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1823871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[4967,3811,14549,9161,4590,3819,5878,11974],"class_list":["post-1823868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-agents","tag-border","tag-eggs","tag-influx","tag-prices","tag-report","tag-skyrocket","tag-smuggled"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1823868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1823871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1823868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1823868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}