Ministry of Agriculture inspectors intercepted a shipment of over 36,000 unauthorized eggs which originated in the PA (Palestinian Authority). They were stored in unsafe conditions that pose a threat to the public, intended for sale in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh and Gush Dan.

A day earlier, 4,200 eggs originating in the PA heading for the Israeli marketplace were apprehended, bearing forged approval stamps.

Officials report that since the beginning of 2016, they have intercepted 375,800 eggs from the PA heading to the Israeli marketplace illegally.

A truck traveling on the Tunnel Highway between Gush Etzion and Jerusalem was stopped for inspection at the checkpoint and found to be carrying the over 36,000 eggs. When asked, the driver told soldiers he was transporting dirt in the rear of the truck. The driver of the truck, a resident of the eastern capital in his 40s, was arrested.

All of the eggs confiscated by inspectors are destroyed. In the photo of a single egg we see a forged stamp but the egg does not have stamps indicating the sorting or marketing facilities as required on legal eggs. Another photo shows a double wall in a truck, a frequent method used to smuggle eggs.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem / Photos: Media Resource Group)