Another day, one other load of unlawful meat seized at Newark Liberty International Airport.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Okay-9 named Kody found 88 kilos of prohibited swine meat in a suitcase coming off a flight from Kosovo on Friday.
Kody and his handler had been analyzing baggage on the New Jersey airport when the canine alerted the CBP officer to a suspicious suitcase containing the meat. The passenger who claimed the suitcase admitted he had introduced the “homemade sausages,” officers mentioned.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Okay-9 named Kody found 88 lbs. of prohibited swine meat in a suitcase coming off a flight from Kosovo on Friday.
(U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
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Swine meat can’t be imported into the U.S. from sure areas below U.S. Department of Agriculture laws due to the danger of spreading an sickness like foot-and-mouth illness.
“The importation of swine meat, though seemingly harmless to the general public, could cause grave damage to our economy and agricultural industry, and CBP does its part in keeping these prohibited items from entering the United States,” Troy Miller, director of CBP’s New York subject operations, mentioned in a written assertion.
Kody and his handler had been analyzing baggage on the New Jersey airport when the canine alerted the CBP officer to a suspicious suitcase containing the meat.
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The passenger who introduced the do-it-yourself sausages was launched with no penalty as a result of he declared them when arriving within the nation.
This was the second time in a matter of days that CBP reported stopping unlawful meat on the Newark airport. Last week, officers mentioned they seized 9 pounds of “bushmeat” a passenger had introduced from Ghana.
Last week, officers mentioned they seized 9 lbs. of “bushmeat” a passenger had introduced from Ghana.
(U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
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That “minimally processed meat” comes from quite a lot of animals in some components of Africa, together with monkeys, bats, rats and antelope, in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Bushmeat has been related to outbreaks of ailments like Ebola.
CBP’s agriculture specialists repeatedly catch prohibited plant and animal merchandise. On a typical day in 2019, they seized almost 4,700 prohibited gadgets.
