Eggs > Fentanyl

[Axtremus]

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5342554/eggs-border-seizures-fentanyl

With egg prices soaring due to the bird flu outbreak, border officials say they’re catching more people attempting to bring eggs into the United States illegally. In fact, sharp increases in egg seizures are outpacing border officials’ interceptions of deadly fentanyl.

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[jon-nyc]

I’ll take that trade actually. I want more eggs and less fentanyl.

Trump should put a 10,000% tariff on fentanyl.

[Jolly]

Egg prices have dropped and are still dropping, NPR.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in Eggs > Fentanyl:

Trump should put a 10,000% tariff on fentanyl.

Also, on bird flu. Those fucking foreign birds. They're not sending their best, you know.

[LuFins Dad]

And there are growing reports the USDA, newest mitigation efforts are bearing fruit.

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in Eggs > Fentanyl:

And there are growing reports the USDA, newest mitigation efforts are bearing fruit.

We'll need foreigners to pick the fruit, or we'll end up with fruit-flu. Particularly with the low hanging fruit. That stuff is always a problem.

[jon-nyc]

Children can do it just fine.

[LuFins Dad]

Send the laid off USAID workers down. They’re pretty experienced with various fruits and nuts…

[Mik]

@Jolly said in Eggs > Fentanyl:

Egg prices have dropped and are still dropping, NPR.

It was always a temporary situation. Not worth fretting about.