The United States (US) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has barred importation of bushmeat from Africa. The agency stated this as it seized nearly nine pounds of banned “bushmeat” from a passenger who arrived on a flight from Ghana on Sunday at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. The passenger, a US citizen, declared the bushmeat (a term for a range of wild animals, including primates, bats, civets and African rodents) to an agriculture specialist at the airport. A CBP statement said the Center for Disease Control (CDC)…
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