Juandaniel Medina, 24, of Lindsay, planned on breeding or reselling the live Amazon parrots he smuggled into California after ...

Egg prices have jumped to all-time highs due in part to an outbreak of avian flu, or bird flu ... almost $4,000 linked to the attempted smuggling of prohibited agriculture and food products ...

However, this outlook depends on controlling the bird flu outbreak and resolving ongoing supply chain issues.

The rise in egg smuggling aligns with the shortage of eggs as well as soaring U.S. egg prices, which have steadily increased since 2022 due to avian flu outbreaks. According to officials ...

Since January, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Texas have stopped at least 90 people from smuggling eggs ... Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza or bird flu. Egg prices have risen ...