Practical Travel Safety Issues - Hot Dogs from Malaysia/Singapore--Will They Let it Through?

been doing a lot of research on products permissible or not--the website from CBP is filled with legal mumbo jumbo and its not that user friendly.

So Ill throw out here: Can I bring beef hot dogs from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur into the U.S.? (LAX)

Can I bring beef hot dogs from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur into the U.S.? (LAX)

My guess is no (https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/82/~/travelers-bringing-food-into-the-u.s.-for-personal-use).

Meat, milk, egg, poultry, and their products, including products made with these materials, such as dried soup mix or bouillon, are either prohibited or restricted from entering the United States, depending on the types of animal diseases which occur in the country of origin. Fresh (chilled or frozen), dried, cured, and fully cooked meat is generally prohibited from most countries. Canned meat is allowed entry, except beef, veal, lamb, mutton, venison, elk, bison, etc., from countries affected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Products containing raw egg ingredients are prohibited from most regions.

Eggs and egg products from Exotic Newcastle Disease (END) and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) affected regions, including cooked eggs, if not accompanied by a USDA Veterinary Service import permit remain prohibited regardless if those items are for personal consumption. Effective February 15, 2012, travelers may once again bring fully cooked eggs from Mexico into the U.S.

Pork should be commercially canned and labeled in unopened containers. Pork and pork products are not admissible from Mexico, except for cooked pork in small amounts for a meal.

Effective January 14, 2010, cooked pork skins (also known as pork rind) entering as commercial cargo or in passenger baggage from regions affected with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), swine vesicular disease (SVD), African swine fever (ASF), or classical swine fever (CSF) must be accompanied by an original certificate issued by an official of the National Government of the region of origin.


Are Malaysian hotdogs better than American hotdogs? :confused:

NO, unless you can find some in the airport that say that they are specifically approved for entrance to the US (like getting Spanish jamon in the Madrid airport), which is highly unlikely.

See this page, it's in pretty simple terms as to what you can bring and how it has to be labeled, and follow the link to the listing of countries they consider safe.

https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/944/~/bringing-meat,-poultry-or-pork%2Fswine-products-into-the-u.s.

I would find it doubtful you will want to bring back anything that's properly labeled, as that's probably made for tourists.

My guess is no (https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/82/~/travelers-bringing-food-into-the-u.s.-for-personal-use).

Are Malaysian hotdogs better than American hotdogs? :confused:

well for me ..yes. They are all beef and halal. I also found some nitrate free chicken sausages:p that was very tasty here. Its very difficult to find nitrate free sausages/hot dogs that are halal in North America.

well for me ..yes. They are all beef and halal. I also found some nitrate free chicken sausages:p that was very tasty here. Its very difficult to find nitrate free sausages/hot dogs that are halal in North America.

I did find an organic halal merchant that ships ...

http://www.greenzabiha.com/

I did find an organic halal merchant that ships ...

http://www.greenzabiha.com/

THANKS FOR THIS LINK!!...these guys are located here in the U.S.!!..a lil spendy, but at least available.!

THANKS FOR THIS LINK!!...these guys are located here in the U.S.!!..a lil spendy, but at least available.!

You are most welcome.

I saw halal hotdogs/hamburgers on the menus of a couple of local fast food places. If I remember the next time I am eating there I'll ask who their supplier is and PM you.

well for me ..yes. They are all beef and halal. I also found some nitrate free chicken sausages:p that was very tasty here. Its very difficult to find nitrate free sausages/hot dogs that are halal in North America.

You can find nitrate free/halal sausages in the u.s. no problem. Have you looked?