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With the development of the postal logistics industry, everyone's life is becoming more and more convenient, whether it is sea shopping or purchasing, it is very convenient to buy foreign goods. However, which items can be mailed, which ones need to be reported to the relevant departments and can only be mailed after inspection and quarantine. Recently, The Customs of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, intercepted a batch of "strange things".

In this seemingly large warehouse full of packages of all sizes in the international mail inspection area, parcels from all over the world gather here. And the contents of this box are also varied, with scorpions, beetle specimens, and some live animals inside. After testing, these live scorpions are South African flat stone scorpions, which can reach a body size of 20 cm in adulthood. These scorpions may look hideous and make you avoid them, but they are the most precious treasure in the eyes of pet lovers.
These illegally carried and mailed unguarded animals and their products are very likely to pose a threat to the environment and human health. If they successfully enter our country to survive, they will multiply in large numbers without natural enemies, causing serious foreign invasion. Some animals also carry unknown bacterial viruses, which affect human health.
After looking at the larger ones, let's take a look at these smaller ones. The ants in the test tube are still alive, one, two, three, according to the on-site staff, a total of 463 were seized this time. Compared with ordinary ants, they are not only large, but also much more ferocious.
In addition to these various animals, customs also checked for genetically modified ingredients on a plant seed in Brazil. It is understood that at present, this batch of seeds has been handed over to the relevant departments for follow-up treatment. So, what exactly can be mailed and what cannot be mailed? Maybe you're still confused when you see this.
In fact, the state has a list of prohibited mailing, you can inquire about those that can not be mailed, introduce which can not be mailed in addition to the above, plant products if it is involved in endangered, regardless of whether there is reproductive capacity, whether there are diseases and pests, need to be dealt with according to regulations. The Ministry of Agriculture and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China issued Announcement No. 1712, which explains the types of items prohibited from being carried and mailed.
These items are mainly classified into three categories. One is animals and animal products; the second is plants and plant products; and the third is other items. There are also some milk, dairy products, cheese, cheese, and then egg products, eggshells, craft eggshells and these things can not be mailed. Then other items include some soil, cultivation media, which may carry nematodes and some pests into the country. The most important thing is that all meat products, whether raw or cooked, cannot be carried in any form of packaging. Therefore, everyone remembers that the animals and plants abroad look good and strange, but they can not buy and send them back to china if they want to buy them.