They also guard against hitchhiking pests like Asian longhorned beetles, which threaten ash and maple trees-the raw material of baseball bats and thus the American soul. Photo: Dylan + Jeniįrom Paleo meat cookies to Chinese mitten crabs and unsterilized mangos sewn into socks, inspectors destroy anything that poses a threat to the environment or public health (no one wants to catch avian flu from duck tongues, after all).
Sorry yellow dates, you're not coming in. (We're looking at you, Vietnam, China, and…the Netherlands?!) More exotic comestibles, including bird nests and camel meat, make strong showings as well. Digging into the last three years of its data, we discovered that pork products get busted most often, followed by chicken-soup mix, beef, seeds of various kinds, dried citrus, and grapes ( check out photos here). Customs database supplied to, the CBP discovers 440 pests and seizes 4,379 items per day on average, across air, sea, and land borders. And every day, officers discover contraband in their luggage, everything from conflict diamonds to drugs that cumulatively tip the scales at 11,945 pounds, along with, of course, food and drink.Īccording to a U.S. “No ulcers so far.”Įvery day, the CBP processes almost a million travelers into the country. He shrugs and pats his uniform’s shirtfront. “One Spanish lady put a hex on me that my stomach would rot out.”
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Seattle field office, covering people coming into the country from Washington's coast to the northeastern tip of Minnesota. “Take away their ham, and people shout, bang the table, and throw things,” says Richards, a supervisory agriculture specialist at U.S. But anything involving pork tends to get heated.and to skid quickly toward combustion. He can confiscate bush meat, $5,000 bird nests-even grave dirt-without much drama. Pigs always make customs officer Chris R.
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