Agriculture Ministry inspectors uncover 90,000 smuggled eggs in West Bank

• Published date: 24 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The center included a stamping machine with false stamps of Israeli egg distributors and some 90,000 eggs which had been stored in the locality without proper cooling conditions. According to the ministry, a third of these eggs had already been stamped

Time before holiday sees surge in smuggling activities

The ministry further noted that the eggs were supposed to be distributed across Israel in the days prior to the Passover holiday.

The ministry explained that at such times there is a surge in demand for eggs and a consequent increase of smuggling activities of eggs and other animal-based products.

In light of this situation, the ministry said it cracked down on these ventures, preventing the selling of some 270,000 smuggled eggs.

The Beit Jala eggs, which were in all probability not raised with veterinary supervision and were transported without the required cooling conditions were destroyed and the stamping machine was...