The United States reports an increase in the volume of Mexican eggs seized at the border

Los Angeles, Jan 20 (EFE).- The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office warned this Friday that there has been "a large increase" in the volume of prohibited foods seized on the border with Mexico, such as eggs and raw poultry meat. “We would like to remind the traveling public that federal agricultural regulations remain in effect,” Jennifer De La O, director of CBP field operations in San Diego, California, said in a statement. The price of eggs in the United States has experienced an increase in recent months. According to the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Economic Research Service, the price increases in eggs and chicken are due to an ongoing outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu). The outbreak has caused the loss of more than 57 million birds, mainly chickens and turkeys, in the United States alone, making it the deadliest outbreak on record, according to the USDA. Although USDA believes that the current outbreak was initially spread by wild birds, ...