Greetings Folks,

In a couple of weeks, en route to Afghanistan I will be transiting in Dubai for 1-2 days to collect my visa. I will certainly put most of my luggage in the airport short-term storage as I won't need them during those two days but it means that I will have to clear customs with them.

Since this will be my first time there, I would like to ask those of you who have proper experience of the place a few administrative questions:

- Regarding food in my luggage, every website I've found mentions a prohibition to bring "Cooked and homemade foods". Would Foie gras or Jam (not homemade) fall into that category? I pretty much assume that anything containing pork will be confiscated at customs, am I right?

- Regarding medicines, I am brining a sizable bunch of pills (painkillers, sore throat remedies, diarrhea medications, water purifiers... Nothing that actually requires prescription though) in my luggage since I am not sure about the kind and quality of stuff that will be available in KBL. I have looked at the list of prohibited medications and I shall be fine. But how strict are they with that list? I have a medication in pills that is listed as prohibited under "linctus" format, do you think it won't be a problem?

Thanks in advance for your advice/comments.