As egg prices soar, so do attempts to bring them across the US-Mexico border: US officials

With egg prices spiking 59.9% year-over-year, so have the number of attempts to bring them across the U.S.-Mexico border.

“There has been a large increase in the volume of prohibited food items, such as raw eggs and raw poultry meat, brought by travelers from Mexico. We would like to remind the traveling public that federal agricultural regulations remain in effect,” said Jennifer De La O, CBP Director of Field Operations in San Diego, said in a recent release.

Roger Maier, a U.S. Customs…