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Visitor to Taiwan hit with $9,000 fine over 'roast chicken and pork combo' lunch box

www.abc.net.au Visitor to Taiwan hit with $9,000 fine over 'roast chicken and pork combo' lunch box

Taiwan's customs officials issue a fine of NT$200,000 ($9,369) to a traveller for attempting to bring a lunch box containing pork into the country.

Visitor to Taiwan hit with $9,000 fine over 'roast chicken and pork combo' lunch box

Taiwan's customs officials have issued a fine of NT$200,000 ($9,369) to a traveller for attempting to bring a lunch box containing pork into the country.

The Indonesian national had arrived from Hong Kong on April 30 when a quarantine dog sniffed out the "roast chicken and pork combo", said the Taiwanese Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency.

The traveller was reportedly unable to pay the fine and deported.

Taiwan introduced fines of NT$200,000 for bringing pork products to the island from countries affected by African swine fever (ASF) following an outbreak in China in 2018.

Fines increase to NT$1 million for subsequent breaches of quarantine.

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