US Customs Seize 32 Pounds of African Rat Meat at Chicago Airport

US Customs Seize 32 Pounds of African Rat Meat at Chicago Airport
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport seized large quantities of African rat meat from a man on June 26.

Officials said the meat was confiscated and destroyed after the man declared 32 pounds of the rodent meat upon arriving to the United States from the Ivory Coast, CBP spokesman Steve Bansbach confirmed to The Epoch Times in an email.

Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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