There are eggs that still come in Styrofoam?
Huh, I haven’t seen that in a few years
Yes some brands sell them like that in Oklahoma at least
There is no such thing as an illegal egg
Excuse me, these are clearly chicken abortions, arrest the chickens! They’ll be easier to handcuff than the eggs, too.
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.
In the US? Kinder Surprise!
There is one impostor among us
amogus
Have we not learned anything? 😩
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Sorry, “unfertilized poultry embryos experiencing undocumented status”.
No chicken is illeggal
I don’t get it? Is this some sort of joke?
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Oh infantile humor.
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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” 😅
I don’t even, WE ARE LIVIN IN THE ONION!
The egg game is lucrative. DM me for egg info
I wish I lived near Canada so that I could get breakfast there for cheap.
Cant have affordable egs sir…
Why does the US have high egg prices, but Canada and Mexico do not?
I imagine the US standard of shoving antibiotics into the chickens instead of vaccinating them probably doesn’t help
capitalism.
You’ld be surprised how scarce something like eggs can get in a state-run economy, too…
Or sugar. Or gasoline. Or butter. Or meat. Or passports.
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.
I heard that we actually vaccinate our livestock too while apparently doing so is illegal in the US?
As I understand, this is also why bird flu took longer to spread on the west coast
But also the cartel thing.
And the gov is apparently “protecting” us from solving this ourselves with black market eggs. Bootleggs?
There is also a massive chicken cartel in the US which dictates the laws so small farmers cannot abide by all the nitpicking rules.
Sounds like time to nationalize
Did you know that committing atrocity against chickens is in fact entirely optional? You can live a longer, healthier, wealthier life by simply not abusing animals.
most people are not abusing animals.
99% of the animals consumed come from factory farms. Factory farms are necessarily abusive beyond the point of atrocity. You are an animal abuser. Either own it, or change.
You’re making an assumption about both that person and their ability to source ethical meat or dairy products.
Every egg carton in my grocery says “cage free” (unless it’s free range). That’s got to be worth something
You are an animal abuser.
this is a baseless claim.
Capitalism turning people to veganism like it did tiny homes
I assure you, the net effect of capitalism is to turn people away from veganism.
Does sux when you cant afford to stick to your principles.
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Inversely, most provinces have supply management of dairy and poultry products to insure a stable price for consumers and protect farmers from inevitable variable conditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_and_poultry_supply_management_in_Canada
Just because I wanted to read more about it
Don’t get me wrong I’m a Canadian lifer there’s lots we don’t do right but this here… I love our country. We aren’t completely subverted to American policies.
That said now is when we should be shoring up those areas of our country that are at risk of American corruption.
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The eggs are woke
Didn’t you get the memo? Woke is out, DEI is in
Those eggs were DEI hires!!
Given that egg is actually a term used in some suitable contexts, it probably will be a dangerous word soon.
First they came for Enola Gay…
First they came for Enola Gay…
That is brilliant. The caveat is that anyone that understands the reference, significance, and warning probably is already on the right side. It will go right over the heads of the ones that are the problem.
The Enola Gay was on the front page of BBC yesterday.
They think they can just hatch and get free meals!
You ever wondered how 90%* of chickens in the US are female? Almost half of them are transgender!
*not the real number, it’s (un?)surprisingly hard to find.
Well it’s because male chicks are all wholesale slaughtered in big grinders.
Fun fact- technology exists to sex the eggs rather than the chicks but it’s a little more expensive so we have baby chicken grinders instead.
Some countries have mandated this, but they are a minority:
*yolk
Damn transgenic eggs
Because there is a big bird flu in USA and it is being mismanaged by a government of idiots who rather insult every one.
No, that is not the issue anymore and has not been for a while. Last time, to stop this, the government had to threaten with anti cartel actions - the prices were suddenly down again.
What do the cartels have to do with eggs?
There is not enough competition.
I’d like some sauce on this.
You might be thinking drug cartel when you see the word cartel. A cartel is a group of companies in the same business colluding for reasons like to remove safety regulations or keep prices high. There is a worldwide diamond cartel that keeps those prices up and spreads bullshit about how your fiance won’t be happy without an expensive, natural diamond. Yes, there is even a cartel for eggs. They are loving bird flu because they can blame it for high prices.
Same thing as the willi Wonka prequel.
Hilarious image of egg smugglers being forced to ‘lay’ their contraband under supervision in a CBSA bathroom.
Counterfeit eggs!
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.
It’s strange that Canada isn’t having the same issue: epidemics don’t usually respect borders
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.
