The devastating livestock disease is sweeping across Bali and poses an $80 billion economic threat to Australia.
The devastating foot and mouth disease, which threatens to decimate Australia’s livestock industry, has been detected in goods coming into Australia from both Indonesia and China.
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt revealed on Wednesday that a beef product containing the foot and mouth disease virus had been detected at an Australian airport, brought by a passenger from Indonesia. “I’m advised that all products now of this kind have been seized from all linked supermarkets and a warehouse in Melbourne as well.“In addition to this, a passenger travelling from Indonesia has in recent days been intercepted with a beef product that they didn’t declare, which tested positive for Foot and Mouth Disease viral fragments.”
“These sanitation mats will be a physical reminder to passengers to do the right thing to limit any spread of FMD, and will be used in conjunction with our current measures, such as passenger declaration, 100 per cent profiling of all passengers entering from Indonesia, real-time risk assessments, questioning and shoe cleaning,” he said.
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