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Bone meal must be checked before entering the country; it cannot enter without checking by Customs.
“the evidence that we have received, if I understood it correctly, it is that because it is bone meal, it necessarily falls in the category of things that must be checked. They cannot come into the country without checking.”
A June 2021 seizure involved a container classified as bone meal, which is a waste animal product detained automatically by Veterinary Services of the Department of Health.
“This relates to the June 2021 seizure... When the vessel arrives offshore, it submits a notice to discharge to the Port Authority... The person that packed this would have given it a classification and a commodity code... I see it is bone meal. It is an animal product. It is a waste product. There is a system in place that flags these items automatically. And what it does is it automatically places a detention on that consignment... The detention notice here is the Department of Health, Veterinary Services.”
Bone meal is used in processed food, pet food, and bulked processed food; it's an animal product requiring inspection and clearance by the Department of Health because it is imported foreign food which might not be fit for human consumption.
“It is bone meal. Funny enough, half of the people eat it anyway. It is used in making processed food, for bulking processed food, pet food, stuff like that. It is sad, but it is. Unscrupulous people do put it in. So it is dumped here as waste, but it carries duty. But because it is a food product and an animal product, the Department of Health must clear it.”
The bone meal in the June 2021 bust was inspected by the Department of Health.
“So that would have, in any event, been inspected by the Department of Health? ... Department of Health, yes.”