What we're asking of the traveller is some simple information.They don't have to include their name.It can be anonymous but emailing this information or even call me with the information.Psundberg@swinehealth.org is my email address.It's simple information such as the country visited, the date and time of return, the airline and the flight, the declaration form written, kiosk or verbal and anything else that they can tell us about that interaction at the airport.
Again, this isn't so much of an effort to punish or to identify specific agents.It's a collective effort by everybody, the travellers, the pork industry and Customs and Border Protection together to up the game and make sure that we do everything we can do to prevent introduction transboundary diseases including African Swine Fever.
Dr. Sundberg says monitoring CBP's performance in regards to secondary screening is another import piece of our prevention activities.
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