Originally Posted by
xyzzy
The second half of the name, "junk food" should clue you in to the fact that you need to declare it in Australia. Their forms and signs are very specific. Any and all food. The FA on my flight told me she has to declare her
Tic-Tac candy. If you think Australia is bad with regard to declaration of food & such, don't go to New Zealand.
It's pretty simple in Australia and New Zealand - declare it if it is food of any type and they decide if it is a problem. Most food items they will simply allow to pass and away you go. They are trained to decide what is a problem and it saves thousands of untrained airline passengers all making up their own minds about what is a problem.
I have never had any food items taken off me on entry to Oz or NZ - I did get one screener apologetically take a jar of Vegemite from my carryon on exiting SYD once though - I had forgotten that I had it and he was embarrassed to be seizing it when you could see them on sale in the duty free shop from the screening station. This was right after the adoption of the no liquids and gels rule.