According to ABC News, the Australian Border Force has found on last Saturday the 5th of October 2019 that a Vietnamese woman who landed at Sydney International Airport brought around 10 kilograms of mixed meat products ranging from raw pork, quail, eggs, garlic, and fruit undeclared into Australia. As a result, on arrival, her visa was canceled and she was sent back on the plane to Vietnam.
Bridget McKenzie, the Australian Minister for Agriculture says "Australian authorities are specifically interested in Australians who travel to and from the African Swine Fever (ASF) areas, and if found undeclared pork products, they will be penalized over AUD 400,000 and could be jailed up to 10 years, while those visitors to Australia's visa will be canceled and ban from coming back to Australia for three years. So Australian government will do everything in its power to contain this African Swine Fever in Australia."
The Australian Department of Agriculture also said that from November 2018 to August 2019, about 100 kilograms of pork products are detected and tests show that 50% of those pork products contaminated ASF.
So if this African Swine Fever is undetected it could cost the Australian pork industry worth over AUD 5 billion or cost the Australian Agricultural Industry worth AUD 60 billion and cost thousands of jobs.
