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Spanning October through December 2021, agriculture specialists seized 262,237 pounds of prohibited port, chicken, beef and duck products from China, according...
By City News Service Feb 19, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Shipments containing prohibited pork, chicken, beef and duck products arriving in the United States from China that were intercepted by inspectors in Los Angeles nearly doubled in 2020 compared with the previous year, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said today. From Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020, federal agents in Los Angeles issued 1,049 Emergency Action Notifications compared with 527 such notifications in 2019, said Jaime Ruiz of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “China is a country affected by African swine fever, cla...
Agriculture specialists found most of the unmanifested animal products commingled in boxes of headphones, door locks, kitchenware, LCD tablets, trash bags, swim fins, cell phone covers, plastic cases and household goods in "a clear attempt to smuggle the prohibited meats,'' Ruiz said. "CBP continues to work closely with ... other government and private-sector partners to protect the nation from a variety of diverse threats, including those posed by plant pests, biological agents and foreign animal diseases through prohibited meat and plant products arriving by air, land, and sea,'' said Carlo...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CMC) — The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says it...