Vietnamese woman deported after failing to declare pork and food items

A Vietnamese woman has been deported for failing to declare more than 4.5 kilograms of pork, as authorities desperately try to protect our borders from African swine fever.

Australia has deported a woman for trying to smuggle 4.6 kg of raw pork into Sydney airport Source: Australian Government Department of Agriculture

Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie has revealed a Vietnamese woman had her visa cancelled for trying to bring pork to Australia.

Biosecurity officers punted the 45-year-old from Sydney on Saturday after 10kg of squid, quail and cooked pork products were found in her luggage.

"If you are travelling from an African swine fever country - we are watching you," Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday.

She also had a message for visitors coming from nations affected by African swine fever.

"Please don't ask for your favourite meal, don't ask for your favourite meat treat or don't ask mum to cook you her favourite sausage and bring it over in her handbag," Senator McKenzie said.

"You will be subject to the full force of our biosecurity regime because we are not going to take any risks with our agricultural platform, our pork producers and letting African swine fever into Australia."