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Passenger fined $1,874 after two undeclared McMuffins found in luggage
Biosecurity is the prevention of disease-causing agents entering or leaving any place where they can pose a risk to farm animals, other animals, humans, or the safety and quality of a food product. In agriculture, these measures are aimed at protecting food crops and livestock from pests, invasive species, and other organisms not conducive to the welfare of the human population. Though it is harmless to humans, Foot and Mouth disease, FMD, causes serious health problems or even deaths to cloven-hooved animals like cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats. Since the disease could be carried by meat, dairy products, or even contaminated clothing or luggage, strict biosecurity measures are implemented in Australia to prevent inbound or returning travelers from Indonesia where an FMD outbreak is spreading. Recently, a passenger traveling from Bali, a popular tourist destination in Indonesia, was fined over $1,800 for bringing in undeclared McMuffins and a ham croissant. Are McDonald’s restaurants in Bali offering different breakfast menus from the ones in Australia? Whatever the reason the passenger might have had, their expensive sandwiches were detected by a biosecurity detector dog called Zinta.
Read the article and learn about another border security measure taken place in Australia.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/passenger-fined-after-undeclared-mcmuffins-found-in-luggage/index.html
Passenger fined $1,874 after two undeclared McMuffins found in luggage
Biosecurity is the prevention of disease-causing agents entering or leaving any place where they can pose a risk to farm animals, other animals, humans, or the safety and quality of a food product. In agriculture, these measures are aimed at protecting food crops and livestock from pests, invasive species, and other organisms not conducive to the welfare of the human population. Though it is harmless to humans, Foot and Mouth disease, FMD, causes serious health problems or even deaths to cloven-hooved animals like cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats. Since the disease could be carried by meat, dairy products, or even contaminated clothing or luggage, strict biosecurity measures are implemented in Australia to prevent inbound or returning travelers from Indonesia where an FMD outbreak is spreading. Recently, a passenger traveling from Bali, a popular tourist destination in Indonesia, was fined over $1,800 for bringing in undeclared McMuffins and a ham croissant. Are McDonald’s restaurants in Bali offering different breakfast menus from the ones in Australia? Whatever the reason the passenger might have had, their expensive sandwiches were detected by a biosecurity detector dog called Zinta.
Read the article and learn about another border security measure taken place in Australia.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/passenger-fined-after-undeclared-mcmuffins-found-in-luggage/index.html
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