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Sat 11 Nov 2002Exotic, but risky, foods pile up at airportDepartment of Agriculture staff at Dublin Airport have seized 23 tonnes of illegally imported food since February.The staff, who run a 24-hour surveillance operation designed to keep foot-and-mouth disease out of Ireland, confiscate between two and three tonnes of illegally imported food every month.