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Visitor to Taiwan hit with $9,000 fine over 'roast chicken and pork combo' lunch box
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-27/traveler-to-taiwan-fined-for-pork-lunch-box/103898516?
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Taiwan’s customs officials have issued a fine of NT$200,000 ($9,369) to a traveller for attempting to bring a lunch box containing pork into the country.
The Indonesian national had arrived from Hong Kong on April 30 when a quarantine dog sniffed out the “roast chicken and pork combo”, said the Taiwanese Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency.
Taiwan introduced fines of NT$200,000 for bringing pork products to the island from countries affected by African swine fever (ASF) following an outbreak in China in 2018.
The highly infectious disease affects both domestic and wild pigs and has a fatality rate of about 80 per cent.
According to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), ASF is responsible for massive losses in pig populations and drastic economic consequences.
Australia, which has so far remained free from ASF, has fines of up to $6,260 for travellers who knowingly fail to declare high-risk goods such as pork and other meat products or provide false or misleading information.
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