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Old May 31, 2005 | 6:41 pm
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Originally Posted by dcarmich
What checks do you get if you've visited a farm/ranch outside the US? (I was coming back from CPH on SK yesterday, and there was an airport announcement to 'please make yourself known to an agriculture officer if you've visited a farm/hiked in the countryside/etc. outside the US').

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Depends. They will ask a few questions likely. In one case, when I had been traipsing around the edges of rice patties in the jungle in the Philippines they got my shows and checked for dirt on them. Basically cleaned the treads out pretty good with a tool. It depends a lot on the region you are in I suspect. In my case they told me they were concerned about specific types of fungus that can grow on rice.
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