American customs ask travelers to stop putting cow dung in luggage

The American Customs and Frontier Protection Agency has made a surprising ad on Monday, stating that its agents have found the cow dung packaged in luggage – and, it warns, you should stop doing it because of the risk he presents. The cow dung may have been transported under the erroneous belief that it offers protection against Covid-19.

According to the American CBP, his agents discovered two cow dung cakes in a suitcase left behind a flight from the Air India last month. The bag arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport; As you wait, the CBP indicates that its agricultural specialists have destroyed cow’s products.

Note, the American CBP warns that the cow dung is one of the prohibited elements for transport from India in the United States. Despite some beliefs that the cow dung can offer health benefits – including, more and more, beliefs that it can protect against COVID-19 – reality is that these products are a risk of transmission of fever. APPETER (FMD).

This disease is found worldwide and has a special concern for farms as it propagates quickly by livestock. The United States has been free of football and mouth disease since 1929, and the American CBP warns that reintroduced it could be devastating in the international breeding market.

Only one case of FMD would probably result in a temporary suspension of international livestock trade until the source of the disease can be eradicated. Concerns about the potential distribution of the cow dung are higher than usual because of the tragic situation of Cvid-19 of India and the conviction among some in the country that the cow dung can increase Immunity and help protect against infections.