Episode 8- Spud Limits and Tuber Tensions: Western Australia’s Potato Possession Law

In this tuber-packed episode of Eccentric Laws & Social Oddities, Juris Oddity peels back the layers of one of the strangest food-related laws in modern history: Western Australia’s long-standing ban on possessing more than 50 kilograms of potatoes. Discover how a powerful potato board, black-market spuds, and government enforcement made the humble potato a highly regulated contraband item.

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