bringing dried fish, canned meats back to US

[Dogwood_Poet 16]

My wife is coming home from her visit to the Philippines next week, I came home a couple of weeks ago (only had two weeks vacation) and from what I read on the customs forms they hand out, you cannot bring any fish (dried or otherwise) or canned meats back to the US.

Am I correct? Kathlene had a bunch of friends wanting her to bring all this stuff back and I don't want her to risk any problems coming back into the states.

Right now she isn't going to bring anything back to be safe.

[Ban Hammer 13,594]

prohibited and restricted items

[Jasman0717 9]

Doesn't look like you can: http://www.reisetraeume.de/usa/tips/Einfuhr.html

[Ban Hammer 13,594]

Doesn't look like you can: http://www.reisetraeume.de/usa/tips/Einfuhr.html

that's a german website.

[Otto 83]

Not worth the risk of having to throw a bunch of stuff away at the airport. Plenty of PI stores here.

[YuAndDan 153]

Not worth the risk of having to throw a bunch of stuff away at the airport. Plenty of PI stores here.

Or any Asian food store will have this.

[Otto 83]

Or any Asian food store will have this.

Ya..meant to mention that.. PI/Asian/Ethnic stores.. etc...

[Jasman0717 9]

Doesn't look like you can: http://www.reisetraeume.de/usa/tips/Einfuhr.html

that's a german website.

So, it still says you can't bring in those foods from most foreign countries.

[Dogwood_Poet 16]

That's what I thought, I don't want there to be any problems, Kathlene is already worried about coming back home alone as this is the first time she has left the country with her green card.

We have a small Phil/Asian store here and we are only a couple of hours away from a couple of big stores in Nashville, so you can find a lot of stuff already here.

[JelloShotGirl 0]

I brought home daing but it was wrapped in plastic and newspaper really good, also I brought home some duhat seeds wrapped up really good. ok the dept of agriculture is prob gonna find me now and arrest me LOL. Just use ur head really..............i know my hubby complains the daing sucks in the US it is too salty You know walking thru customs I just smiled at the guy LOL. In any event if she is a GC holder it is better to be safe than sorry I am already a citizen.

[Jasman0717 9]

I brought home daing but it was wrapped in plastic and newspaper really good, also I brought home some duhat seeds wrapped up really good. ok the dept of agriculture is prob gonna find me now and arrest me LOL.

The DoA, FBI and CIA will be at your door in just a few minutes

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

It must be hit and miss. We just had a bunch of canned squid (pusit), anchovies (dilis) in a plastic bag, and smoked fish (tinapa) wrapped in foil "smuggled" in no problem. The custom folks went through a friend of my wife's bags pretty thoroughly, and let her keep the stuff, and nothing was said.

Edited February 13, 2009 by Mister_Bill

[Ban Hammer 13,594]

Doesn't look like you can: http://www.reisetraeume.de/usa/tips/Einfuhr.html

that's a german website.

So, it still says you can't bring in those foods from most foreign countries.

you can't trust the germans!

[Jasman0717 9]

Doesn't look like you can: http://www.reisetraeume.de/usa/tips/Einfuhr.html

that's a german website.

So, it still says you can't bring in those foods from most foreign countries.

you can't trust the germans!

Claudeth told me you could. She spend a year and a half there and believed everything all those German guys told her

[Ban Hammer 13,594]

Doesn't look like you can: http://www.reisetraeume.de/usa/tips/Einfuhr.html

that's a german website.

So, it still says you can't bring in those foods from most foreign countries.

you can't trust the germans!

Claudeth told me you could. She spend a year and a half there and believed everything all those German guys told her

i spent 8 years there, i never did trust them giving directions!