The latest Katy Perry album has been deemed a biohazard by Australian authorities, and not because of its effect on the human ear.
Prism has become the target of Australia’s strict customs laws due to the album’s very natural cover art.
The Prism album artwork is made of plantable seedpaper, which wouldn’t normally been a problem thanks to the foresight of her label, Capitol Recrods, producing the Australian versions from Swan River daisy seeds out of Western Australia. But quarantine officers were forced to jump in to destroy the potential risk when international copies started reaching Australian shores.
“The ones that were produced internationally, the seeds were sourced from areas that might introduce pests or diseases,” said the Department of Agriculture’s chief plant protection officer Vanessa Findlay.
“That’s why we took the decision that we weren’t comfortable with seed papers from internationally produced CDs coming to into Australia.”
Prism jumped to No.1 on the Australian ARIA Chart after being released in late October while Katy Perry recently appeared in Down Under for stint on television talent show X-Factor.
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