A McDonald's meal costs a traveler $1,874

A traveler from Bali, Indonesia, to Australia found himself paying a heavy price for a quick breakfast at McDonald's.

The unnamed passenger was fined $1,874 after two fried eggs, beef sausage and a croissant were found in his luggage upon arrival at Darwin Airport in the Northern Territory last week.

The incident came days after Australian authorities implemented strict new biosecurity rules following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Indonesia, a popular destination for Australian tourists.

The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry said a "range of unauthorized hazardous products", including fast food items, were discovered in the passenger's backpack by a biosecurity detector dog.

This will be the most expensive McDonald's meal this passenger has ever had, said Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt, in a statement.

"This fine is double the cost of a flight ticket to Bali, but I have no sympathy for people who choose not to comply with Australia's stringent biosecurity measures."

"Australia is FMD-free, and we want it to stay that way," Watt said.

The fine was increased in this way because the passenger did not declare the meal before it was discovered.

The Australian government had previously announced a $9.8 million biosecurity package, with new measures introduced for the country's border crossings, including sanitary foot mats at all international airports and biosecurity dogs, after the highly contagious disease began to be spread by livestock in Indonesia.

According to CNN

Experts estimate that the outbreak in Australia could lead to an economic hit of up to $80 billion.

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