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there are media reports that all four countries have found them in recent months. More importantly, Australia and Japan have found ASF virus in some of what they have seized.
Fines and more The CBSA reports that in 2019, almost 600 travellers entering Canada failed to declare pork products; 90 received a written warning and 506 a CAN$ 1,300 (US$ 982) penalty. In addition, 167 travellers failed to properly import pork products, and 132 of those got an CAN$ 800 (US$ 605) penalty. In the US, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) cannot provide ASF-specific data, but can say that in 2019, it intercepted over 1.75 million quarantined materials across all ports of entry, with about one-quarter being meat products. CBP gave out 8,745 agriculture-related penalties in 2019 and has seen no change in the number of undeclared products related to ASF. In terms of current action the CBP, like the CBSA in Canada, will increase canine enforcement teams by 65 over the next two to three years, says a spokesperson, for “detecting foreign animal diseases such as ASF as well as exotic plant pests”. In December 2019, the Australian Government announced AUS$ 66.6 million (US$ 44 million) in funding for more biose- curity officers, six new detector dog teams, two new 3D
X-ray machines, the development of mobile tech to issue infringement fines on the spot, and more.
Continuing to raise public awareness Countries around the world continue to raise public aware- ness. In Canada, CBSA has ramped up communications both internally and with partner organisations such as airport au- thorities, reports CBSA senior spokesperson Rebecca Purdy. “Externally, the Agency is amplifying the CFIA’s communica- tions through web messaging, social media and other more traditional means of communications, such as posters,” she says. CFIA Media adds that the Don’t Pack Pork campaign is also being brought to the public with in-flight messaging. On the international trade front, CFIA has confirmed zoning arrangements with the US and the EU and has engaged Japan to allow for safe trade in the event of an ASF outbreak. The CFIA is also supporting research towards ASF prevention. “As announced in January 2020, the University of Saskatche- wan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-Interna- tional Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac),” says CFIA Media, “[has become] the first non-government facility in Canada to work with the ASF virus with the aim of developing and testing vaccines and antivirals for the virus.”
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