FOOD,DRINK & TRAVEL Expensive ham

A SPANISH tourist in Australia barely had one leg in the country before he was sent back under beefed-up biosecurity laws over failing to declare ham and cheese in his luggage.

The 20-year-old man had his visa cancelled and was fined $3,300 for carrying more than one kilogram of undeclared pork and cheese. He was stopped at Perth Airport when 275 grams of pancetta, 665g of cured ham and about 300g of goat cheese in his luggage.

The Australian government had recently announced a beefing up of penalties for people caught with banned items to stop diseases and pests from entering Australia.