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The U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican borders

thelogic.co The U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican borders - The Logic

Since October, U.S. customs officers have made 3,768 seizures of bird and poultry-related products, including eggs, compared to 352 fentanyl seizures.

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The U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican borders

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There is no such thing as an illegal egg
- In the US? Kinder Surprise!
  
  There is one impostor among us
- Sorry, "unfertilized poultry embryos experiencing undocumented status".
- Sounds like eggs have more rights than people in America
  
  That sums up their position on a few things.
  
  Well, we are still allowed to buy, sell, and own eggs.
- No chicken is illeggal
- I don't get it? Is this some sort of joke?
  The eggs are illegal because they are transported illegally across the border.
- Excuse me, these are clearly chicken abortions, arrest the chickens! They'll be easier to handcuff than the eggs, too.
Why does the US have high egg prices, but Canada and Mexico do not?
- Actual answer?
  
  Canadian egg farms have tens of thousands of chickens on average, and there's a lot of separate farms.
  
  US egg farms have millions, and there are fewer total farms.
  
  If a single bird gets infected with avian flu the whole flock needs to be culled. Bigger flocks are both more likely to catch it, and more birds affected when it happens.
  
  There is also a massive chicken cartel in the US which dictates the laws so small farmers cannot abide by all the nitpicking rules.
  
  But also the cartel thing.
  
  And the gov is apparently "protecting" us from solving this ourselves with black market eggs. Bootleggs?
  
  As I understand, this is also why bird flu took longer to spread on the west coast
  
  I heard that we actually vaccinate our livestock too while apparently doing so is illegal in the US?
- The eggs are woke
  
  Damn transgenic eggs
  
  *yolk
  
  Didn't you get the memo? Woke is out, DEI is in
  
  Those eggs were DEI hires!!
- Because there is a big bird flu in USA and it is being mismanaged by a government of idiots who rather insult every one.
  
  No, that is not the issue anymore and has not been for a while. Last time, to stop this, the government had to threaten with anti cartel actions - the prices were suddenly down again.
- I imagine the US standard of shoving antibiotics into the chickens instead of vaccinating them probably doesn't help
- capitalism.
  
  You'ld be surprised how scarce something like eggs can get in a state-run economy, too...
I'm not surprised. Border enforcement, like all law enforcement entities, do more to hassle harmless actions than stopping harmful ones. They're the wrong group to handle the fentanyl epidemic anyway. That should be the job of proper drug rehabilitation programs.
Counterfeit eggs!
Hilarious image of egg smugglers being forced to 'lay' their contraband under supervision in a CBSA bathroom.
There are eggs that still come in Styrofoam?

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