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Australia is nuts when it comes to overprotecting their bio-integrity. Even withing Australia, you're not allowed to bring an apple when you're crossing a state
by kleiba 5y ago
Australia is nuts when it comes to overprotecting their bio-integrity. Even withing Australia, you're not allowed to bring an apple when you're crossing a state border.
- nineteen999 5y agoThere are extremely good reasons for that: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/plant/fruit-flies https://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/plant/fr...
- kleiba 5y agoThere's a disposal bin for fruit a stone's throw away from the border. And I bet you that the apples you can buy in, say, Victoria, are imported from the same place as the ones you can buy in South Australia.
- tallanvor 5y agoThat's not just Australia. You'll encounter similar rules going to Hawaii, and even to California - although I think they have a harder time due to the number of land crossings.
- int_19h 5y agoAnother example, specifically about apples even. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Maggot_Quarantine_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Maggot_Quarantine_Area