450 illegal tamales from Mexico seized at LAX and destroyed

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For Latino families, tamales are a quintessential holiday tradition. Making a batch takes days of planning and exhaustive preparation -- all for a tasty bite of corn masa, red chile mole and pork, beef or chicken.

But a passenger at Los Angeles International Airport learned the hard way earlier this month that bringing pork tamales into the U.S. from Mexico is a no-no.

The passenger arrived from Mexico on Nov. 2 and was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists, who found 450 pork tamales wrapped in plastic bags in the passenger’s luggage.

The passenger apparently denied that the tamales were made with pork, which is forbidden under customs regulations. Bringing pork from another country into the United States carries potentially serious health risks, according to Customs and Border Protection.

“Although tamales are a popular holiday tradition, foreign meat products can carry serious animal diseases from countries affected by outbreaks of Avian influenza, mad cow and swine fever,” Anne Maricich, the agency’s acting field operations director in Los Angeles, said in a statement.

“Every day, CBP agriculture specialists prevent the intentional and unintentional introduction of harmful pests and foreign animal diseases into the U.S.,” she said.

Avian influenza, or bird flu, can spread rapidly to chickens and turkeys, infecting people who had contacts with the birds. Mad cow disease is a brain disorder that affects adult cattle and spreads to people through diseased meat. Swine fever is a highly-contagious and fatal disease affecting pigs.

The diseases could have devastating effects on the U.S. cattle and bird populations, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

The passenger, who was not identified, was fined $1,000 because authorities believed the tamales were going to be sold and distributed.

As for the tamales, they met their demise. All 450 of them were destroyed.

And for some households, hearts were broken.
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450 gone to waste :x
 
tamales must have been fire if they were worth trafficking internationally 

trapping out la banda
 
GWAP said:
tamales must have been fire if they were worth trafficking internationally 

trapping out la banda
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Perhaps the cartels are branching out into legal businesses :nerd:
Instead of the car wash, selling tamales on the low :nerd:
 
 The passenger apparently denied that the tamales were made with pork, which is forbidden under customs regulations. Bringing pork from another country into the United States carries potentially serious health risks, according to Customs and Border Protection.
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I took a class on foodbourne outbreaks and this is act. pretty serious. Good thing they destroyed it.
 
If Jay Z can lose 92 bricks and get it back, I'm sure son can lose 450 tamales and get it back. Unless Jay was lying...
 
Chrisqo said:
just messed up some one reup
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whats for thorough NTer to say: this is gonna cause a drought of Tamales all the way from Tijuana to Chicago.  And the street value of tamales is gonna go up, but product will be weaker and most likely stepped on.  Problem will only be fixed once el chapo wipes the guac off his mustache.  
 
NYC Street Cat said:
 
Chrisqo said:
just messed up some one reup
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whats for thorough NTer to say: this is gonna cause a drought of Tamales all the way from Tijuana to Chicago.  And the street value of tamales is gonna go up, but product will be weaker and most likely stepped on.  Problem will only be fixed once el chapo wipes the guac off his mustache.  
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only an eastcoast cat would talk about a drought in LA over one shipment from mexico......

the 450 right here was just the decoy bust 
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FlyNY said:
If Jay Z can lose 92 bricks and get it back, I'm sure son can lose 450 tamales and get it back. Unless Jay was lying...
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NYC Street Cat said:
Chrisqo said:
just messed up some one reup
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whats for thorough NTer to say: this is gonna cause a drought of Tamales all the way from Tijuana to Chicago.  And the street value of tamales is gonna go up, but product will be weaker and most likely stepped on.  Problem will only be fixed once el chapo wipes the guac off his mustache.  
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GWAP said:
NYC Street Cat said:
 
Chrisqo said:
just messed up some one reup
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whats for thorough NTer to say: this is gonna cause a drought of Tamales all the way from Tijuana to Chicago.  And the street value of tamales is gonna go up, but product will be weaker and most likely stepped on.  Problem will only be fixed once el chapo wipes the guac off his mustache.  
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only an eastcoast cat would talk about a drought in LA over one shipment from mexico......

the 450 right here was just the decoy bust :nthat:
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sckid20 said:
Ksteezy prolly happy as hell illegal tamales aint get in the country.
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:lol: :lol: :lol: reps all around
 
That's truth. When I was a you youngn I came from vacation from Mexico and they made tamales to bring home. they checked and asked what type of meat. My idiot *** said pork. They took it all away. It was a good 20lbs :frown:
 
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