Officials of the Los Angeles International Airport have seized and
destroyed a consignment of 67 African snails sent from Nigeria to a
resident in the US, saying the snails are poisonous and highly
destructive.
The snail consignment arrived in the States from
Nigeria on July 1st in a blue basket pictured above.
The snails according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture are
prohibited because they can carry parasites that are harmful to
humans, including one that can lead to meningitis. They also say it
can destroy local crops.
Maveeda Mirza, the U.S Customs and Border Protection program
manager say they are investigating why an individual would want to
consume such an amount of deadly snails.
“We’re investigating what happened, but it doesn’t seem like there
was smuggling involved. When someone doesn’t know a
commodity is prohibited under USDA regulations there is usually
no punishment,” she said.
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