The police crawl. You can’t crack the case. It’s a secret. But hopefully they catch who poached the eggs.
Ok, that’s not from our systems.
The police in Pennsylvania determined after someone stole 100,000 organic eggs worth around 40,000 US dollars (57,000 US dollars) last Saturday. The local law enforcement agencies informed the Associated Press that the attack could be associated with the heavenly costs for eggs-a problem that the United States plagued in the middle of an outbreak of bird flu.
According to the police report, the Pennsylvania state police responded to Pete & Gerry’s Organics in Antrim Township on February 1. The organic egg supplier reported that the 100,000 eggs were stolen from the back of a sales trailer around 8.40 p.m.
The theft is still being examined and there was no arrests, soldier Megan Frazer, spokesman for the Pennsylvania State Police, told CBC News. She added that the motif was unknown.
“It could be to sell them or even to decompose. If it matters, we don’t know,” said Frazer.
“This is definitely a unique incident, especially with the large amount of eggs that have been stolen.”
In a statement on CBC News, Pete & Gerry said that they are actively working with the local law enforcement authorities to examine.
“We take this matter seriously and undertake to solve it as soon as possible,” said the company.
They added that they increase their security and surveillance to prevent this from happening again.
Egg prices rise in us
The bird flu forces farmers to slaughter millions of chickens every month and to double the US egg prices in the summer of 2023 to more than twice.
The average price per dozen eggs nationwide reached 4.15 US dollars in the United States or about 5.92 US dollars in December. For comparison: In Canada, according to Statistics Canada, the price for a dozen eggs was 4.75 US dollars in December in December.
According to the raw material data company expana, the people in California paid for a dozen eggs in December about 8.85 US dollars – more than $ 12 – for a dozen eggs.
The Americans published photos of eggs on the shelves, in some cases reached double -digit retail prices for each dozen and compared them with lower Canadian prices, although prices vary in both countries.
Some business shelves are bare, and the ubiquitous breakfast restaurant Waffle House has imposed a surcharge of 50 cents per egg, several media reported.
In its summary of the food views of 2025, the US Agriculture Ministry (USDA) says that eggs are “the most volatile category” that they are pursuing. The department states that the prices for eggs at the agricultural level moved 54.3 percent in November. In December, prices were 134.5 percent higher than in December 2023.
They say that egg prices will increase by 45.2 percent at the agricultural level this year. Experts have previously announced CBC News that Canada will probably not see a similar increase due to its smaller agricultural and resilient supply management system.
Food theft on the advance
Recently there have been a number of important raids related to food that have associated some analysts with increasing food prices.
The annual global costs for illegal trade and fraud in the food sector are between 30 and 50 billion US dollars, according to a report recently highlighted by the world trade organization. As Bloomberg emphasizes, increasing prices and drinks have made rising prices and made drinks “a lucrative goal for criminals”.
Just last week, Peel Regional Police in Ontario calculated six people as part of an ongoing examination in large-scale butter and ghee thefts in the region. The police state that butter thefts reported in grocery stores in the region have increased significantly with losses of more than 60,000 US dollars.
The cheese world is still after a British cheese robbery in autumn, in which Con artist with more than £ 300,000 (or more than $ 540,000) in fabric-bound, award-winning Cheddar. A 63-year-old man was recently arrested and released for deposit.
In November last year, BC RCMP announced that they had recently thwarted a attempted cheese attack in a Whole Foods in North Vancouver. They had been on the patrol on September 29, 2024 when they found a car full of cheese outside the grocery. A suspect fled on foot and left cheese worth 12,800 US dollars.
In the same month thieves, 400 legs stone ham in Spain, which has almost 300,000 US dollars worth almost 300,000 US dollars.
The police in Guelph, ont. The recent cases led to losses of more than 900 US dollars.
