Fulfilling a pledge to Aussie Wunderblogger Tim Blair, here’s a mention of some news from down under… ” The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service [AQIS] remains on full alert for a possible outbreak of foot and mouth disease [FMD] after outbreaks throughout Asia,” according to this story coming out of….Singapore, is it?

The CSIRO this week issued a new warning to watch for FMD after recent outbreaks in South East Asia.

AQIS today said Australia would continue to be strict, and paranoid, about which products would be allowed into the country.

Among these suspicious imports, it seems, are boat people from Indonesia…

[Update: Tim says he’s been having trouble getting on to Blogger, but that he intends to fight through the adversity and post again someday. He also reminds me that Russell Crowe is a dirty New Zealander — a splash of cold water I could have done without so early in the Colorado morning…]

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