Originally Posted by
TravelingNomads
If so, does it need to be checked or can a small bag go in your carry-on? Also, do you need to claim it as food when entering a new country or is considered to be something else since it's for animals? Ideally, we'd like to bring a bag with us so that we can gradually switch our cats to the local food.
It depends on where you are starting and where you are ending up. We had no trouble taking dry cat food from US to Canada and back again because we had a cat with us. We had massive trouble trying to bring French made cat treats into the US because of BSE.