Can raw coffee beans sprout? Passengers carrying 60 kilograms of raw coffee beans into the country were returned.

Can raw coffee beans sprout? Passengers carrying 60 kilograms of raw coffee beans into the country were returned.

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Recently, a staff member of the Shandong Weihai entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau found that a passenger from Incheon, South Korea, tried to bring a large amount of raw coffee beans into the country illegally when they inspected their belongings at the port.

According to investigations, the batch of raw coffee beans weighed 60 kilograms and the packaging was marked as coming from Kenya, Africa. This is the largest number of raw coffee beans intercepted at Weihai Port since the launch of the "Green Bud 3" special operation. At present, the inspection and quarantine department has returned the raw coffee beans within a limited period of time in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Raw coffee beans have the ability to reproduce, and once they enter the country, there is a risk of invasion of alien species. At the same time, raw coffee beans are very easy to contain pests such as coffee bark beetle and Fusarium oxysporum, which can easily reduce the yield and quality of domestic crops. The list of animals, plants and their products forbidden to be carried or mailed by the people's Republic of China lists raw coffee beans and other plant materials with reproductive ability as entry objects forbidden to be carried or mailed in China, and entry is strictly prohibited without quarantine.

Here, the inspection and quarantine department reminds the vast number of inbound tourists that they can bring processed coffee powder and other products into the country when they return home, and do not bring raw coffee beans, so as to avoid unnecessary harm and losses to the country's ecological security and personal economy.