The U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican borders
The U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican borders - The Logic
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?
Because there is a big bird flu in USA and it is being mismanaged by a government of idiots who rather insult every one.
I imagine the US standard of shoving antibiotics into the chickens instead of vaccinating them probably doesn't help
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.
could be for good reason, there's a huge bird flu outbreak in the US right now, plus the US also has really strict egg washing laws, so depending on where these eggs are going, and assuming that it isn't just eggs, which is likely, it could make sense.
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?
Dude I'm a Yankee. Born and raised in RI and now living in southeast Mass.
Last year I went to Texas. Visited Houston, Austin, and Dallas. Rented a Mustang Mach-E and drove between the three cities (which are a big triangle with not much in between).
Texas has these gas station rest stops that are well known. Bucc-ees. And they are absurd. They are at least as large as a supermarket up here.
They have fountain beverages with Styrofoam cups.
I was so taken aback by this. I cannot believe that there are still companies choosing Styrofoam for fountain drinks.
No wonder they freak out about paper straws. Like, those legitimately suck, don't get me wrong...but paper and even plastic cups are only functionally worse than Styrofoam when it comes to insulation (and by proxy, condensation)...they are objectively better in every other way I can think of.
How the fuck are they going to adopt paper straws if they are still using Styrofoam cups?
Yes some brands sell them like that in Oklahoma at least
Huh, I haven’t seen that in a few years
I don't even, WE ARE LIVIN IN THE ONION!
The egg game is lucrative. DM me for egg info
Cant have affordable egs sir...
Can we at least have affordable drugs?
I was today years old when I found out egg trafficing is a thing.
Imagine going to prison for it and bunking next to a guy who got done for heroin trafficing.
They're only looking for fentanyl coming into the country. But since it's made right here by big pharma, they're never going to find any.
I wish I lived near Canada so that I could get breakfast there for cheap.
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.
If you actually read the article, seizing eggs at the border is an attempt to curb the spread of bird flue. It's decently common to make moving certain foods across borders illegal due to disease concerns
You've never been allowed to bring raw eggs of any kind across the border. I'm sure you can declare to do so and make arrangements for it, but I can't show up at the border and bring eggs over, that's always been the case.
I suppose you are right, in that it's not the egg that's illegal, but the action of bringing it over the border.
I think it's just a play on "There's no such thing as an illegal person" 😅