American sheepskin hides foreign pests The Changsha Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau stopped them in time

The four sheepskins that were found to contain dangerous pests were not as fresh as before, and the surface became very dry.

Changsha, September 28 (Moment News Reporter Liu Songhui Correspondent Lin Jun) Recently, the Changsha Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau found a dangerous pest white-bellied beetle when it conducted on-site quarantine of 4 goat skins from the United States. The delivery address of the sheepskin is located in Yinbinling Street, Yuelu District, Changsha City, and at present, the recipient Mr. Zhou has agreed to the quarantine department to carry out pest removal treatment.

This afternoon, the reporter rushed to the Changsha International Mail Supervision Center, the quarantine personnel were opening the parcel to take out the goat skin, and the reporter smelled a smell of goats from a distance of three meters.

"When I first opened the inspection, it was a foul smell." Quarantine officials said that the exporter did not effectively remove the sheepskin before the goods were exported to China, and the surface fat, muscle and hair were all preserved intact, which should be slaughtered and directly packaged and sent to Changsha.

These 4 sheepskins are about 1 square meter each, totaling 4.2 kilograms, from the United States. Quarantine officers could not determine whether the sheepskin came from the ranch or was bought from the market, and the recipient, Mr. Zhou, was unclear about the origin of the sheepskin.

After the identification of the technical center of Hunan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, the storage pest white-bellied beetle, as well as rodent insects and Asteraceae seeds were detected.

White-bellied beetle is an important reservoir pest in the world, belonging to the insect family Coleoptera, which is very easy to harm stored grain, aquatic products, dried fish, dried meat, leather, skin and other products. Its larvae have the habit of drilling moth wood, and the harm to wooden grain depots and wooden furniture is also quite serious.

Chen Guilin, director of the Postal Inspection Office of changsha entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureau, said that this is the first time that a white-bellied beetle has been intercepted in the sheepskin of the hunan port. If the pest is allowed to invade, it may cause major losses to the agricultural forestry and ecological environment of Hunan.

Luo Zhiping, a senior agronomist at the office, said the United States is an anthrax and mad cow disease epidemic area, and the entry of fresh sheepskins will bring the risk of infectious diseases, and some diseases are zoonotic. Products such as sheepskin, wool, beef jerky and ham are prohibited from being carried and mailed into the country.