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December 21, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Brisbane company and its director have been fined a total of $120,000 for biosecurity breaches associated with the transport and storage of imported uncooked pig meat during 2014 and 2015.<\/p>\n

The case was heard at Brisbane District Court last week.<\/p>\n

The director was fined $20,000 and placed on a three-year good behaviour bond. The company was also fined $100,000.<\/p>\n

They were found guilty of 76 separate offences relating to \u201cdealing with landed cargo in quarantine\u201d contrary to Section 44B(3) of the Quarantine Act 1908.<\/p>\n

The company was required to transport the imported containers directly to an approved arrangement site or to the processing facility of the importer, to ensure effective biosecurity control was maintained.<\/p>\n

It was identified the containers were instead being stored at a non-approved site and in contravention of directions issued by the department.<\/p>\n

These actions could have exposed Australia\u2019s agricultural industries, environment and the community to serious biosecurity risk.<\/p>\n

Pig meat can carry foot and mouth disease, which could cost Australia around $50 billion over a decade if it was to arrive here.<\/p>\n

It can also carry African swine fever (ASF) which has no known cure. While ASF is harmless to humans, it is currently spreading throughout Asia and Europe and is a major threat to our $5.3 billion pork industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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