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Passenger fined $1,874 after two undeclared McMuffins found in luggage [Australia]
CNN ^ | 1st August 2022 | Tamara Hardingham-Gill, •

Posted on 08/01/2022 4:57:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The unnamed traveler was handed a fine of 2,664 Australian dollars ($1,874) after two undeclared egg and beef sausage McMuffins and a ham croissant were found in their luggage on arriving at Darwin Airport in the country's Northern Territory last week.

The statement went on to confirm that the passenger had been issued with "a 12-unit infringement notice for failing to declare potential high biosecurity risk items and providing a false and misleading document." The seized products are to be tested for foot and mouth disease before being destroyed.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: notthisagain
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1 posted on 08/01/2022 4:57:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Considering the poison McDonald’s produces, seems legit.


2 posted on 08/01/2022 4:59:27 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

Where did this person fly into Australia from?

If I had two egg McMuffins and a ham croissant they wouldn’t survive a flight from Denver to Cheyenne, Wyoming.


3 posted on 08/01/2022 5:03:33 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: TigersEye

Bali, Idonesia.


4 posted on 08/01/2022 5:05:44 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: TigersEye

Those egg-mcmuffins could be better smuggled by eating them first.


5 posted on 08/01/2022 5:06:14 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump & MAGA are the only way to keep USA viable.)
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To: BenLurkin

That would make a great commerical.
At the end the passenger would take a bite of the
‘forbidden’ breakfast sandwich, and shout ‘It Was Worth It!!”


6 posted on 08/01/2022 5:06:21 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: entropy12

One of the comments on the FoxNews version of this story asked if the inspection dog can detect them in your digestive tract...


7 posted on 08/01/2022 5:08:13 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: BenLurkin

The Aussies don’t mess around when it comes to protecting the agriculture.


8 posted on 08/01/2022 5:09:53 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
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To: End Times Sentinel

I can attest to that.


9 posted on 08/01/2022 5:10:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

surprised this wasn’t a story posted by The Bee !!


10 posted on 08/01/2022 5:10:52 PM PDT by nevermorelenore ( If My people will pray ....)
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To: entropy12

I should have thought of that! :)


11 posted on 08/01/2022 5:12:11 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: BenLurkin

When I was a teenager I was surprised that I couldn’t take home a pineapple that I had bought in Hawaii. They don’t mess around either.


12 posted on 08/01/2022 5:16:12 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: BenLurkin

The sausage-egg muffin is about the only thing that I’ll eat from McD’s.


13 posted on 08/01/2022 5:23:46 PM PDT by Rio
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The seized products are to be tested for foot and mouth disease before being destroyed.

Probably Egg and Sausage McMuffins and ham croissant were dropped by a robotic arm into a self-closing Total Containment Vessel (TCV) upgraded with a chemical/biological package to contain, transport and dispose of the fast food hazards. They remain gas-tight up to their full repeatable containment capacity and remain sealed indefinitely following a detonation.

Above info from bomb handling items on sale to law enforcement.

14 posted on 08/01/2022 5:27:19 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: BenLurkin

Stick with donuts, no cop anywhere would arrest someone for possession of donuts.


15 posted on 08/01/2022 5:29:10 PM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: BenLurkin

Stick with donuts, no cop anywhere would arrest someone for possession of donuts.


16 posted on 08/01/2022 5:29:32 PM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: End Times Sentinel

Criminal government.


17 posted on 08/01/2022 5:30:23 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: BenLurkin

In my mind, it’s a toss up who has gone more nuts :Canada or Australia.


18 posted on 08/01/2022 5:34:34 PM PDT by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: Rio

What was it? Something McGriddle, that was pretty tasty.
Years ago the food was good and so was the service, certain demographically inclined areas still can be. I would like to ask if the gmen disinfected the passengers footwear on arrival and frisked them?
Probably how the found the”hammburrrrgerrrrr”


19 posted on 08/01/2022 5:37:04 PM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count so mee)
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To: End Times Sentinel
"The Aussies don’t mess around when it comes to protecting the agriculture."

Australia confuses me. They try to portray themselves as a nation of rugged individualists doing their own thing. But the reality is that Australia is as much a nanny state as France. Maybe more so. The China Virus response in Australia was insane.

How the heck did it get this way?

20 posted on 08/01/2022 5:38:49 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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