Thursday 4 August 2022 03:31 AM Traveller fined thousands for bringing McDonalds meal from Bali to Australia, ... trends now
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An Australian traveller has been slapped with a hefty fine for not declaring 'two egg and beef sausage McMuffins from McDonald's after bringing them back into the country from Bali.
With the Australian government cracking down on foot-and-mouth-disease, the traveller, upon arriving from Bali to Australia, didn't declare the McMuffins and was fined $2,664.
Biosecurity detector dog Zinta managed to sniff out the contraband at Darwin Airport.
A traveller has bought what's been coined as the most expensive McDonald's meal ever after they were fined thousands of dollars for trying to bring two McMuffins from Bali into Australia
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Murray Watt slammed the traveller for bringing in food that could have the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease.
'This will be the most expensive Maccas meal this passenger ever has, this fine is twice the cost of an airfare to Bali, but I have no sympathy for people who choose to disobey Australia's strict biosecurity measures, and recent detections show you will be caught,' Murray Watt said.
'Australia is FMD-free, and we want it to stay that way,' he added.