Canada Border Services Agency detector dog Aggie uncovered a large amount of undeclared food items that arrived on a flight from Pakistan recently at Toronto Pearson Airport. (Photo: Canada Border Services Agency X)<\/p>\n
Border services officers at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, including a four-legged customs official, have seized another large shipment of undeclared food items being brought into Canada from abroad.<\/p>\n
The Canada Border Services Agency said the latest stash of undeclared food and animal products, which included 16 kilograms of goat feet, chicken, ghee and milk powder, was recently intercepted by CBSA detector dog Aggie.<\/p>\n
Agency officials said the undeclared items arrived on a flight at Pearson along with a group of travellers\u00a0from Pakistan.<\/p>\n
The travellers were fined $1,350, the Canada Border Services Agency said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The incident is the latest seizure of meat, poultry and other food items made at Pearson and publicized by the CBSA in 2026.<\/p>\n
The Canadian government reminds travellers they are required by law to declare all food, plant and animal products being brought into the country.<\/p>\n
For instance, travellers must declare:<\/p>\n
Live animals and animal products such as cooked or raw meats, hides, skins, trophies, milk, fat, butter, cheese, eggs, fish and seafood.
\nPlant products such as fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, trees, houseplants, wood (and wood products such as furniture, carvings, bark), firewood, roots, vines, herbs, flowers, insects, bulbs and soil.<\/p>\n
CBSA officials say failure to declare any of these products or to provide required permits\/certificates can lead to:<\/p>\n
Detention of the products
\nA penalty up to $1,350
\nProsecution<\/p>\n
\u201cInadmissible goods may be confiscated and disposed of, or ordered removed from Canada,\u201d the border services agency said in an online update to travellers. \u201cTravellers may also be held responsible for any costs related to the disposal, quarantine, treatment or removal of these items from Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n
The CBSA noted many travellers fail to declare items such as:<\/p>\n
Processed or canned foods
\nHomemade food
\nHandmade crafts, such as wooden items
\nFirewood
\nCooked or cured meats
\nSoil
\nBait for recreational fishing
\nPlants used for homeopathic or medicinal purposes
\nMilk products, such as butter, yogurt, kefir
\nFruits and vegetables<\/p>\n
\u201cTravellers may not realize the hazards associated with food, plant and animal products. These products may carry invasive species and diseases and may cause risks to Canada\u2019s food supply, economy, environment and our health.\u201d<\/p>\n
All in a day\u2019s work for Aggie and other detector dogs<\/p>\n
For Aggie, the Black Labrador retriever who sniffed out the undeclared goods that had arrived from Pakistan, it was business as usual at Canada\u2019s biggest and busiest airport.<\/p>\n
The border services agency released details back in June about a shipment of 2,100 undeclared Cuban cigars<\/a> that arrived along with a passenger from the Caribbean.<\/p>\n Aggie quickly detected the cigars inside luggage and the tobacco products were seized by the CBSA.<\/p>\n