On average, Customs and Border Protection ag specialists intercept about 264 pests and more than 2,500 materials for quarantine per day.
From time to time, Farms.com likes to highlight the discoveries the specialists make, helping to keep U.S. agriculture and Americans safe.
CBP ag officers at the Presidio port of entry stopped a woman who declared she had a cooked meal in her vehicle.
A secondary inspection found she had 40 rolls of Mexican bologna, totaling 748 pounds.
“Mexican bologna is a prohibited product because it is made from pork and has the potential for introducing foreign animal diseases to the U.S. pork industry,” the CBP said in a