Food on Airplanes

January 25, 2003

At 13:46 24/01/03 +0000, you wrote:

>Outside the US you are not allowed dairy, fruit, any " natural " type of

>product. Sweets are about the only thing you can bring. They are dogs

>sniffing at your luggage to make sure you dont have these products. I

>remember a dog started sniffing the bag next to mine and the elderly

>couple opened the bag, to find an apple. They were taken away by Airport

>Police. I don't know what happened to them after that. Poor people.

This is just plain not true. Every country has its own rules. In

Australia, for instance, you are only allowed to bring in canned products

(at least according to *some* authorities), but my husband did have

something of a hard time even with that. (The official story is that

you're not allowed to bring in any food, but an embassy worker said " maybe

canned goods " , and he had to explain and show what he had with him.) In

Israel, they don't care what you bring in or out. In the US, you're

allowed to bring anything out, but little food in, but, again, a *lot*

depends on the customs agent. In most of mainland Europe, you can bring

almost any food in. (Check with your local embassy/consulate before taking

*my* word for it!)

Brandel in Jerusalem

....reporting live from the war zone...

January 27, 2003

Not in Europe! With Foot and Mouth!!! You can't bring anything in, I live in Europe and I know. You can bring sweets as I worked in Dublin Airport. So its not "untrue"

"Brandel D. Falk" <ImaBDF wrote:

At 13:46 24/01/03 +0000, you wrote:>Outside the US you are not allowed dairy, fruit, any "natural" type of >product. Sweets are about the only thing you can bring. They are dogs >sniffing at your luggage to make sure you dont have these products. I >remember a dog started sniffing the bag next to mine and the elderly >couple opened the bag, to find an apple. They were taken away by Airport >Police. I don't know what happened to them after that. Poor people. This is just plain not true. Every country has its own rules. In Australia, for instance, you are only allowed to bring in canned products (at least according to *some* authorities), but my husband did have something of a hard time even with that. (The official story is that you're not allowed to bring in any food, but an embassy worker said "maybe canned goods", and he had to explain and show what he had with him.) In Israel, they don't care what you bring in or out. In the US, you're allowed to bring anything out, but little food in, but, again, a *lot* depends on the customs agent. In most of mainland Europe, you can bring almost any food in. (Check with your local embassy/consulate before taking *my* word for it!)Brandel in Jerusalem...reporting live from the war zone...contact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list