Where Illegal Food Goes to Die

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Published 2015-12-27

She's been threatened with voodoo and death threats, but U.S. customs supervisor Ellie Scaffa doesn't let that stop her. Scaffa's job is to dispose of of contraband food, and you won't believe the amazing variety of foods that she sees every day.

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All Comments (20)

@eggmcmuffin1139 5 years ago

When your job is to play fruit ninja
@Alkalus 4 years ago

Plot Twist: They’re just making the world’s largest smoothie
@aidensickler8505 4 years ago

Just imagine spending 500 dollars on food then having a lady fruit ninja it
@willEyeAmm 5 years ago

Wait. She never explained how getting rid of all this food helps save the agriculture. Can someone explain this to me?
@abdul8830 6 years ago

There better at throwing food away than finding weapons
@1973Washu 8 years ago

If she has a bit of juice on her like she said then she really needs to shower first before leaving the facility. The entire point of confiscating food items is to prevent the spread of plant diseases across international borders and if she has juice on her at the end of the day when she goes home this kind of defeats the purpose because that juice could have some harmful disease that will get loose into the environment.
@Chaoticha09 5 years ago

Passengers carrying guns Security : I Sleep. Passengers carrying food Secrurity : I WOKE! HOLD IT RIGHT THERE !!!
@joehomeless 5 years ago

She just cut an avocado pit in half. How. Even.
@thiccnuggettt6535 5 years ago

Imagine how much guacamole she could make :(
@finleycastello6512 7 years ago

Once I had to chug a bottle of luxury 'Moët & Chandon' to stop it from being confiscated. I simply couldn't stand to see such a masterpiece of a champagne being wasted.
@giigabytezdotexe 5 years ago

I just can’t stand seeing all these fruits go to waste tho 😬
@teku6266 5 years ago

No wonder U.S.A is known for throwing food xd
@mtealey34 8 years ago

Sounds like she's been drinking cigarette juice for breakfast her entire life.
@AutobahnSean 7 years ago

I brought back whale/reindeer/moose meat from Norway to the US, and it got confiscated... Good to know where it went.
@johndoe5432 5 years ago

The TSA really is exceptionally good at being a nuisance.
@boarbot7829 3 years ago

Tbh there’s no way that some packaged and processed serrano ham from Spain is gonna destroy the American agricultural system. WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THE INSECT OR DISEASE TO BE IN A PACKAGE THAT HAS BEEN SALTED AND CURED FOR MONTHS, THEN VACUUM SEELED?
@ru95 8 years ago

You didn't actually tell us the whole story.... what is the grinder, where does it go afterwards??
@teagz1106 7 years ago

How sad that so much food is wasted... The only way to really prevent this is just to not bring food when travelling.We cannot change the fact that it will be confiscated and thrown out, but we can prevent the waste from happening by not bringing contraband foods across borders in the first place.
@suddenIypineappIes 3 years ago

for everyone saying this is stupid - trust me, I work in agriculture, and even just one invasive bug or bacteria can have a devastating effect.