U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the flow of the deadly drug fentanyl across the border must be stopped.
But U.S. border officials are increasingly cracking down on another valuable product these days: eggs.
Officials made 3,254 egg-related seizures in January and February 2025, according to new data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). That's a 116 per cent increase in egg seizures compared to the 1,508 events the same two months a year ago.
The rise comes as U.S. wholesale egg prices are shattering records as an accelerating outbreak of bird flu in laying hens slashes supplies. Trump promised to lower egg prices on his first day in office but prices increased 59 per cent on a year-on-year basis in February, the first full month of his administration.
And while wholesale prices may be coming back down, they "have yet to be reflected at store shelves," according to the USDA's most recent egg markets overview...
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