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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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Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« on: May 01, 2017, 06:30:09 PM »
Here are my experiences, share yours please!

Australia: No chicken, dairy, meat, fruit, or vegetables unless it's retorted/shelf stable (Such as La Briute meals)
Maldives: No alcohol
Mexico: No beef or cream cheese. Chicken YMMV.
United States: No meat, fruit, or vegetables.

No issues experienced in:
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Israel
France
Germany
Japan
Hong Kong
Israel
Italy
Macau
Norway
Palau
Singapore
South Korea
Svalbard
Switzerland
Thailand
UAE
UK
US/Guam
US/Hawaii
« Last Edit: May 01, 2017, 10:00:20 PM by Dan »
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2017, 06:49:41 PM »
Quote from: Dan on May 01, 2017, 06:30:09 PM
Here are my experiences, share yours please!

Australia: No chicken, dairy, meat, fruit, or vegetables unless it's retorted/shelf stable (Such as La Briute/Meal mart meals)
Maldives: No alcohol
Mexico: No beef or cream cheese. Chicken YMMV.
United States: No meat, fruit, or vegetables.

No issues experienced in:
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Israel
France
Germany
Japan
Hong Kong
Israel
Italy
Macau
Norway
Palau
Singapore
South Korea
Svalbard
Switzerland
Thailand
UAE
UK
US/Guam
US/Hawaii
No fresh produce into or out of Hawaii (to mainland), except specially boxed.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2017, 06:50:56 PM »
Quote from: shaulyaakov on May 01, 2017, 06:49:41 PM
No fresh produce into or out of Hawaii (to mainland), except specially boxed.
No restrictions in. Out falls into the US rule.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2017, 08:05:35 PM »
Ireland: No meat or dairy whatsoever.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2017, 08:08:00 PM »
Australia would not allow me to bring in the MealMart meals. Officially the food has to be cooked in the container originally and they would not budge.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2017, 08:10:14 PM »
I've heard Iceland is extremely strict.  Is that the case? Can anyone give specifics?
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2017, 08:36:41 PM »
Quote from: Denverite on May 01, 2017, 08:10:14 PM
I've heard Iceland is extremely strict.  Is that the case? Can anyone give specifics?

I've had zero problem both times, and all other DDFers who've been report the same. Take the "nothing to declare" corridor and viola.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2017, 09:59:38 PM »
Quote from: Something Fishy on May 01, 2017, 08:36:41 PM
I've had zero problem both times, and all other DDFers who've been report the same. Take the "nothing to declare" corridor and viola.
Thanks for the info!
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2017, 10:01:10 PM »
Add other countries to the Wiki guys.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2017, 10:18:09 PM »
Quote from: Something Fishy on May 01, 2017, 08:36:41 PM
Take the "nothing to declare" corridor and viola.
Are this list supposed to be talking official policy or actual enforcement?
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2017, 10:25:29 PM »
Quote from: whYME on May 01, 2017, 10:18:09 PM
Are this list supposed to be talking official policy or actual enforcement?
DDF experiences of actual enforcement.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2017, 10:36:00 PM »
Quote from: Something Fishy on May 01, 2017, 08:36:41 PM
I've had zero problem both times, and all other DDFers who've been report the same. Take the "nothing to declare" corridor and viola.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2017, 05:56:05 PM »
Also add countries you've been to without issues to the Wiki
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2017, 12:19:25 AM »
Mexico was fine with poultry products as long as made in US.  Israeli Turkey packages confiscated while Empire was fine for example.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2017, 12:21:35 AM »
Cuba: No issues experienced; multiple data points.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2017, 08:39:22 AM »
People sometimes have issues bringing meat into Israel

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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2017, 09:10:25 AM »
Quote from: Dan on May 01, 2017, 10:25:29 PM
DDF experiences of actual enforcement.
Taking the nothing to declare line doesn't necessarily mean it's not enforced.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #17 on: May 03, 2017, 09:14:56 AM »
Quote from: Emkay on May 03, 2017, 09:10:25 AM
Taking the nothing to declare line doesn't necessarily mean it's not enforced.
+1. People bring all sorts of smuggled goods, currency, cigarettes, and other things through the nothing to declare line and don't get caught. If you do get caught, though, you're in trouble.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #18 on: May 03, 2017, 09:48:27 AM »
Quote from: Emkay on May 03, 2017, 09:10:25 AM
Taking the nothing to declare line doesn't necessarily mean it's not enforced.

In Norway you're actually better off taking the declare lane and declaring a bottle or something (wine 36 NOK/bottle IIRC), if you're declaring it's much less likely they'll check your bags.
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Re: Countries That Have Food Restrictions
« Reply #19 on: May 03, 2017, 10:00:37 AM »
Quote from: Dan on May 01, 2017, 06:50:56 PM
No restrictions in. Out falls into the US rule.
You sure? I had go fill out agriculture form and sign that I had no vegetables.

Even if they dont actually check, I imagine its a bad idea to lie on an actual signed form.
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