Overview
- CBP agriculture specialists at O’Hare, who ran back-to-back secondary inspections on April 11, seized a monkey carcass and 125 pounds of ruminant meat.
- An X-ray anomaly in a bag from a passenger arriving from Cameroon led officers to the monkey remains, which were confiscated and destroyed.
- In a separate check that day, officers found meat, bones, and hair hidden in eight boxes of dried seafood from a traveler arriving from Liberia.
- CBP says ruminant meat from some regions is banned because it can carry diseases such as mad cow disease and foot-and-mouth disease.
- The agency did not name the travelers or announce charges, and it cited a similar O’Hare seizure in December as part of an ongoing interception pattern.