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Talk about going to egg-stremes. Border agents are seeing a sharp rise in the number of egg smuggling attempts by travelers coming from Mexico and Canada as prices in the US have surged to as high ...

As consumers face skyrocketing egg prices, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reports an increase of people attempting to smuggle eggs across the border from Mexico.

The agency reports a 29% rise in attempts to bring eggs — a banned item alongside poultry, meat, vegetables, and fruit — into the U.S. from Mexico between October 2024 and February 2025 ...

Since January, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Texas have stopped at least 90 people from smuggling eggs into the country from Mexico, the agency said in a news release Friday.

But it was the trays of eggs that really alarmed them. As egg prices soar in the U.S., travelers have been stocking up on cheaper supplies in Mexico and, to some degree, Canada.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projects egg prices will climb another 20.3 percent in 2025, adding to household ...