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Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« on: May 31, 2015, 05:36:18 PM »
Maybe someone can add a wiki with the countries that are known to be strict about (certain) foods. I can think of:

Australia
New Zealand
Fiji
Costa Rica
Mexico
Egypt (Especially from Taba border crossing)
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2015, 10:57:35 PM »
Australia is about 10x as strict as NZ.

It's unbelievable.
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2015, 11:44:47 PM »
Ummm, the good old US of A can give you a hard time about food. I once was held up for an hour at customs because of some deli sandwiches the balabuste in Antwerp handed me.
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2015, 11:45:30 PM »
Quote from: AJK on May 31, 2015, 10:57:35 PM
Australia is about 10x as strict as NZ.

It's unbelievable.

Interesting, my experience was the opposite.
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2015, 11:51:30 PM »
Quote from: ZCN on May 31, 2015, 11:45:30 PM
Interesting, my experience was the opposite.

Nothing to do with experience...

The rules themselves in Australia are stricter than NZ, the latter allowing US meat and chicken for example, while the former does not.
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2015, 11:51:49 PM »
Canada can give you problems as well
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2015, 12:16:47 AM »
Bahamas is a free for all from the u.s. i think the wiki should include places that are non issue for a reference for travelers. this thread is long overdue. every trip i try to plan i go through the whole thread to determine the food situation
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2015, 12:35:48 AM »
Quote from: AJK on May 31, 2015, 11:51:30 PM
Nothing to do with experience...

The rules themselves in Australia are stricter than NZ, the latter allowing US meat and chicken for example, while the former does not.
Experience means everything when the written rules are not enforced....
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2015, 12:36:48 AM »
Except we're not talking about US Airways phone reps.
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2015, 12:47:10 AM »
Quote from: AJK on June 01, 2015, 12:36:48 AM
Except we're not talking about US Airways phone reps.
People are people. Even people with more authority are still just people.
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2015, 12:49:29 AM »
You're being naive if you think you can equate a Australian customs rep to a US Airways rep.

Pediatric interventional radiologists and target cashiers are also both people.
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2015, 12:54:40 AM »
From NY to Israel fruits & veg??

My luggage was scanned in נתבג they found a avocado,
         Sir, you got a fruit in there,
"I don't remember taking a fruit if you want you can dump it"
he spent a few minutes roaming through my suitcase couldn't find it,
         יעלה לך

the next day I enjoyed every bit of it.

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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2015, 12:56:24 AM »
Quote from: AJK on June 01, 2015, 12:49:29 AM
You're being naive if you think you can equate a Australian customs rep to a US Airways rep.

Pediatric interventional radiologists and target cashiers are also both people.

That's a fantastic point.
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2015, 12:58:41 AM »
Quote from: AJK on June 01, 2015, 12:49:29 AM
You're being naive if you think you can equate a Australian customs rep to a US Airways rep.

Pediatric interventional radiologists and target cashiers are also both people.
+1
Australian Customs is notorious for their enforcing to the T of their rules!
E.g. Someone brought in a fruit, after it was found the person offered them to confiscate it, but no, they were insistent on fining the person heavily for signing a government document falsely.
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2015, 01:05:07 AM »
When I landed in MEX they took away all my apples and deli :-[
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2015, 08:56:34 AM »
Quote from: MeirS on June 01, 2015, 12:58:41 AM
+1
Australian Customs is notorious for their enforcing to the T of their rules!
i experienced the opposite when i declared (as i wrote about here http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=15891.msg290102#msg290102).

If you dont declare, they will throw the book at you
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2015, 08:59:44 AM »
Quote from: moish on June 01, 2015, 08:56:34 AM
i experienced the opposite when i declared (as i wrote about here http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=15891.msg290102#msg290102).

If you dont declare, they will throw the book at you

To *rely* on getting a "nice customs agent"  is foolish.
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2015, 09:16:16 AM »
We brought and declared snacks, chocolate bars, and la briute meals into Australia without issue.
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Re: Countries With Strict Rules On Bringing In Food
« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2015, 09:30:45 AM »
Quote from: AJK on June 01, 2015, 08:59:44 AM
To *rely* on getting a "nice customs agent"  is foolish.
i believe i fulfilled all written requirements. if necessary, i would have escalated the situation to a higher up to prove my case. it was moot, though, since the agent let it through regardless.

my point was only that they dont necessarily "enforce to the T their rules" since my specific agent didnt think i fulfilled the requirements "to the T" yet still let it in

but of course it would not be wise to go in relying on getting a nice agent
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