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Australia: No chicken, dairy, meat, fruit, or vegetables unless it's retorted/shelf stable (Such as La Briute meals) shmebeble had issues with MealMart- 26 meals. Something Fishy was allowed sealed milk and cheese from the U.S.
Belize: Click here
Costa Rica: No raw meat (According to the Health Dept rep at LIR, it's meat on the bone that's an issue, he let us keep all the meat that had no bones - this may be relevant to other countries)
Galapagos: Extremely strict. Click here for more details.
Fiji: Same rules as Australia.
Maldives: No alcohol
Mexico: No beef or cream cheese. Chicken YMMV.
New Caledonia: Same rules as Australia.
New Zealand: Similar to Australia, some small differences but expect thorough checking
Nicaragua (land crossing): No issues with meat etc, but they taxed us for the 40 bottles of wine (I quickly mocked up a receipt on my phone showing the original price per bottle as $4)
Taiwan: no meat at all, even beef jerky or other dried meats. Even frozen airline meals are banned so no POM meals either (source).
United Kingdom: Click here
United States: No meat, fruit, or vegetables.


No issues experienced in:

Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Belgium
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Neum land crossing)
Brazil
Canada
Croatia (Debeli Brijeg and Neum land crossings, Zagreb)
Cuba
Czech Republic
Ecuador (NOT Galapagos - see the top section for that)
Faroe Islands
France
French Polynesia/Bora Bora
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras (see here for important details)
Hong Kong
Iceland
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Lesotho (Sani Pass land crossing)
Macau
Madagascar
Malaysia
Martinique ($5,000 worth of wine, meat, dairy - no issues BH)
Malawi
Mauritius
Montenegro
Morocco
Norway
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Sao Tome and Principe
Seychelles (Reports of them being strict but didn't have trouble)
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Svalbard
Switzerland
Tanzania
Thailand
UAE
Uganda
US/Guam
US/Hawaii
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Offline ShimshonK

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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #140 on: December 10, 2024, 02:41:07 PM »
Quote from: Joe4007 on July 08, 2024, 03:33:32 PM
Any DP's on Dominican Republic?
I had problems in Punta Cana. Every bag was sent through a scanner. Cooked was fine but they took away raw chickens and meat, USDA label may have helped.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #141 on: December 10, 2024, 04:49:14 PM »
Quote from: ShimshonK on December 10, 2024, 02:41:07 PM
I had problems in Punta Cana. Every bag was sent through a scanner. Cooked was fine but they took away raw chickens and meat, USDA label may have helped.
Yeah. All bags were scanned in Puerto Plata as well. Rules seemed pretty arbitrary though. They took away some cooked eggs, but after DW distracted them they let all of our Shabbos food through.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #142 on: December 10, 2024, 08:48:49 PM »
Quote from: Joe4007 on December 10, 2024, 04:49:14 PM
Yeah. All bags were scanned in Puerto Plata as well. Rules seemed pretty arbitrary though. They took away some cooked eggs, but after DW distracted them they let all of our Shabbos food through.
I flew out of POP, small airport, interesting policies. Ya, Punta Cana was also rather unofficial, we nearly snuck some by during the incident as well.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #143 on: December 19, 2024, 10:44:29 PM »
Does anyone have experience with traveling with food to "Dominica", its not the same country as the Dominican republic.
I found cheap united mile flights and IHG hotel to book on the island.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #144 on: December 20, 2024, 10:35:47 AM »
What are the food restrictions flying from Australia to NZ with food bought in Australia?
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #145 on: December 20, 2024, 10:46:09 AM »
Beef only, 3kg pp. No chicken unless retorted. Needs to be manufacturer sealed with contents and country of origin clearly labeled. Dairy only if with no fresh fruit, 2kg pp. Everything else is the same rules as the U.S. They wanted to take away my beef jerky (U.S. origin) but I argued that it was shelf stable and allowed in. A supervisor agreed.

They were absolutely meticulous in my case, going through each and every label and weighing everything.

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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #146 on: December 20, 2024, 12:12:49 PM »
Quote from: TzviL on December 19, 2024, 10:44:29 PM
Does anyone have experience with traveling with food to "Dominica", its not the same country as the Dominican republic.
I found cheap united mile flights and IHG hotel to book on the island.
No experience but officially you need a permit to bring in meat and some other random foodstuffs.
https://customs.gov.dm/index.php/trade/prohibited-and-restricted-items
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #147 on: January 09, 2025, 04:48:09 PM »
Any data points on Chile?
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