LOUISVILLE, Ky. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists (CBPAS) in Louisville said they’ve seized three shipments of hatching eggs over the last three weeks.
CBP said the three shipments arrived March 6, March 16 and March 19, and 39 eggs were seized. The first two shipments, both from Turkey, were headed to New York and Nevada while the latest shipment arrived from Romania and was en route to Costa Rica.
Hatching eggs are all avian species to include poultry, game birds, racing pigeons and other birds; the live eggs are shipped to the U.S. for hatching or reproduction purposes, CBP said. The eggs are often destined to be incubated, hatched and then raised. Hatching eggs fall under the regulations for live animals and are highly regulated because they can carry Newcastle disease and/or Avian Influenza, CBP added…