• darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    100
    arrow-down
    29
    ·
    1 year ago

    That’s dumb. I understand restrictions on uncooked meats, but what harm could a cooked chicken breast do? This is what happens when officials blindly enforce rules without understanding the purpose of the rule in the first place.

    • timkenhan@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      11 months ago

      You should be thankful it’s cooked.

      If it’s undercooked? Believe it or not, straight to jail.

      • C126@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        11 months ago

        That’s dumb. I understand restrictions on uncooked meats, but what harm could a cooked chicken breast do? This is what happens when officials blindly enforce rules without understanding the purpose of the rule in the first place.

        Overcooked? Also jail.

    • zik@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      11 months ago

      It’s a genuine biosecurity risk in Australia. Australia (and NZ) are very susceptible to pathogens from outside so this kind of thing is taken very seriously in both countries.

      • jimbo@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        11 months ago

        It’s a genuine biosecurity risk in Australia.

        A cooked chicken sandwich? And letting in people who’ve eaten the sandwiches isn’t a biosecurity risk? Hmm. I’m questioning the genuineness of the concern.

      • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        11 months ago

        You probably shouldn’t let any people in then.

        “Nope, don’t worry about that. It’s the chicken sandwiches that are the problem.”

    • Selmafudd@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      28
      arrow-down
      44
      ·
      1 year ago

      Brah so we should test all chicken breast coming into the country to make sure it’s cooked? Who the fuck is paying for that? Or maybe you just don’t bring a fucking chicken burger on the plane…

      • nixcamic@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        77
        arrow-down
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        It’s a case of common sense. Obviously an accident, obviously cooked. Throw it in the trash and move on with life. You crazy black and white maniacs that think every rule has to be applied 100% in every case with no possibility of anything ever happening that maybe doesn’t make sense or isn’t the intention of the people who wrote the rule are like 50% of what’s wrong with society.

        • Goku@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          16
          ·
          1 year ago

          I have a feeling the granny probably pissed someone off along the way. I’m sure sometimes it gets thrown away and everyone moves on.

        • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          11 months ago

          You and I obviously have no idea what happened at the security gate, or the extent to which she tried to argue about it or hide it. I’ve travelled in and made mistakes in the past and the result was a stern ticking off. I suspect there was more to this.

        • Selmafudd@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          17
          arrow-down
          41
          ·
          1 year ago

          Us crazy black and white maniacs is why Australia doesn’t get to enjoy the wide array of pest and dieses the rest of the world has.

          Fuck this gandma and her chicken burger. Entitled people like her are actually what’s wrong with society.

              • nixcamic@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                18
                arrow-down
                5
                ·
                1 year ago

                Yes I called the people who charged a grandma $2000 for accidentally bringing a sandwich that has zero chance of carrying avian influenza dicks. Why you’re choosing to take that personally is beyond me.

      • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        25
        arrow-down
        6
        ·
        1 year ago

        If you can’t tell the difference between raw chicken breast and a piece of fried chicken on sight, please don’t ever work anywhere near the food industry.

        • Selmafudd@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          15
          arrow-down
          21
          ·
          1 year ago

          If you don’t know chicken can look cooked on the outside but be raw on the inside please don’t ever work anywhere near the food industry.

          • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            23
            arrow-down
            3
            ·
            1 year ago

            Who the fuck is smuggling half-cooked chicken breasts for this ‘gotcha’ of yours? Oh, that’s right, no one.

            • Selmafudd@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              7
              arrow-down
              9
              ·
              edit-2
              1 year ago

              You understand most of risk DAFF is trying to mitigate is accidentally introduction of pests and dieses right?

              And I can’t fathom how so many people think customs have the man power to check every hamburger passagers may be inclined to hide in their luggage. Unknown and unprocessed meat is a risk, cheapest and safest way to reduce the risk is to ban it.

              But you know, you guys continue to enjoy your airplane hamburgers along with rabies, brown marmorated stink bugs, khapra beetles, giant african snails and all the other shit we manage to keep out with strict quarantine laws.

              • Maalus@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                8
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                1 year ago

                Okay, it is banned. Tell them to throw it away. Don’t fine the everliving shit out of them for a cooked sandwich.

                • meathorse@lemm.ee
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  6
                  ·
                  1 year ago

                  That’s generally the rule - if you’re not sure, declare it, then if it’s not allowed, it’s binned. There are even signs all over the place through Aus (& NZ) customs saying exactly this.

                  If you don’t declare it and it’s found or it looks like you’ve tried to hide it (wrapped in luggage) then that’s when you get in trouble for it.

                • Selmafudd@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  2
                  ·
                  11 months ago

                  I’ve worked in imports for 20 odd years and would have witnessed ABF & DAFF (and their previous 5 or 6 names) seize or hold hundreds of thousands of items. I’ve never seen a fine issued for a simple mistake, they’re normally reserved for when there is deceit or concealment.

              • jimbo@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                edit-2
                11 months ago

                Unknown and unprocessed meat is a risk

                A risk of what? And why would that risk not apply to the people coming in who’ve been eating that meat?

                rabies, brown marmorated stink bugs, khapra beetles, giant african snails

                All things that are not typically found in chicken sandwiches…

                • Selmafudd@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  arrow-down
                  1
                  ·
                  11 months ago

                  What risk from meat?? Where the fuck have you been for the last 4 years brah??

                  • jimbo@lemmy.world
                    link
                    fedilink
                    English
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    ·
                    11 months ago

                    I’m still waiting. What’s the risk from a cooked chicken sandwich and why would that risk not apply to the human eating that same meat?