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This season, US airports aren’t just busy with travelers. They are busy with illegal meat blasting.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport recently found a monkey carcass and illegal meat during separate X-ray inspections.
This body belonged to a traveler from Cameroon, who packed a monkey in the traveller’s luggage.
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“Due to grave concern for human health, the monkey remains were seized by CBP and destroyed in accordance with the instructions of our partner agency,” the agency said.
It was not the only related discovery in the region. Another traveler from Liberia tried to sneak in “dominant meat” identified as beef.
Federal authorities say recent inspections have uncovered illegal animal products in travelers’ luggage (not pictured), raising concerns about disease risks entering the United States. (Stock)
“CBP agricultural experts examined eight boxes in the traveler’s luggage and found meat, bones and hair hidden in the dried seafood,” officials said in a statement.
“The traveler admitted that the hidden meat was beef.”
While seafood is often allowed, certain meats are banned because of disease risks in countries of origin, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and tuberculosis, according to CBP.
“I sympathize with the tax workers who encountered that mess.”
CBP said 125 pounds of meat, more than a pound of banned fresh herbs and “four types of prohibited seeds” were seized from the Liberian traveler’s luggage.
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The monkey’s corpse has greatly angered social media users on X.
“Sounds like they’re trying to start the next pandemic,” said one person.
CBP agricultural officers continue to seize prohibited food at airports, emphasizing strict regulations intended to protect public health and agriculture. (Stock)
“Forest meat, breakfast of champions,” quipped another.
A third user wrote, “I sympathize with the tax agents who experienced such chaos.”
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The issue is not limited to the Windy City.
Carlos C. Martel, director of field operations in Florida, announced Wednesday that more than 44 kilograms of prohibited meat was recently seized at Miami International Airport.
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The pull photo shows several “salsicha” hot dogs stacked on a stainless steel testing table. The forbidden meat came from Brazil.
“We’re enjoying the testing process!” Martel’s pun-filled post said.
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“In the worst cases, we get[ed] something that can harm our natural resources,” he wrote.
More than 44 kilograms of prohibited meat products from Brazil were recently seized at Miami International Airport. (@DFOFlorida via X)
Michael Pfeiffer, acting CBP director for CBP in Chicago, said in a statement that his agency helps “reduce the threat of non-native plants and insects, plant and animal diseases and other potential contaminants” entering the United States.
“The large volume of contraband that our technicians find every day shows that they play a significant and important role in preventing plant and animal diseases from entering the United States,” he said.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to CBP for further comment.
