date:Sep 08, 2021
leproud said.
In the lead up to and during Mid-Autumn festival, there is an increased likelihood of some potentially risky items being sent here. Traditional gifts such as meat-filled mooncakes, as well as fresh fruits and vegetables such as pomelo, star fruit and taro, pose a serious biosecurity risk.
Fillings such as pork can carry African swine fever, which is a serious disease that kills about 80 per cent of the pigs it infects and could cost our pork industries up to $319 million in prod