Customs Officials Are Seizing Eggs At The U.S.-Mexico Border

By Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

January 20, 2023

U.S. customs officials are cracking down on egg smugglers.

With egg prices soaring in the U.S. over the last year, more Americans are crossing into Mexico to buy the food item and trying to sneak cartons of raw eggs along some areas of the southern border, including California and Texas.

"We are seeing an increase in people attempting to cross eggs from Juarez to El Paso because they are significantly less expensive in Mexico than the U.S.," U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Roger Maier told CBS MoneyWatch. "This is also occurring with added frequency at other Southwest border locations."

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