Is Australian food that bad that you need to import "food" from an Indonesian McDonald's ?
"At $2,664 Australian, the fine was equivalent to the cost of 567 sausage and egg McMuffins in Sydney"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcmuffins-backpack-traveler-fine-almost-2000/
"At $2,664 Australian, the fine was equivalent to the cost of 567 sausage and egg McMuffins in Sydney"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcmuffins-backpack-traveler-fine-almost-2000/
McMuffins stashed in backpack cost traveler almost $2,000 in fines
AUGUST 1, 2022 / 8:04 AM / AFP
A traveler arriving in Australia from Indonesia has been hit with a fine of almost $2,000 after border guards detected two McMuffins and a ham croissant secretly squirrelled away in his or her backpack.
Biosecurity detector dog Zinta sniffed out the egg-and-meat contraband at Darwin Airport, prompting the fine, officials said Monday.
"This will be the most expensive Maccas meal this passenger ever has," said Australian agriculture minister Murray Watt.
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The disease poses no risk to humans but is a severe, highly contagious viral disease in livestock.
At $2,664 Australian, the fine was equivalent to the cost of 567 sausage and egg McMuffins in Sydney, or several return flights to Bali.
