Customs agents at Washington Dulles International Airport seized nearly 90 pounds of cooked sheep meat from a passenger who had flown in from Ethiopia.
The passenger was on his way to Seattle on Thursday when federal agents pulled him aside after he declared that he was carrying food products in his baggage. The agents opened six luggage bags and found 88 pounds of the sheep meat.
The passenger was allowed to continue to Seattle, and agricultural specialists incinerated the meat.
The United States bans animal products from countries that are known to have foreign animal diseases, such and hoof and mouth disease and swine fever.
Scott McCabe
