Originally Posted by
trooper
Not the point... if you eat it it can quite reasonably be defined as food. The declaration you fill in (and sign) when entering the country asks if you have any food..
Pretty simple question really... and if you are unsure whether what you DO have is OK or not- why not ASK???
Because my clothing is of animal and vegetable origin. If I declare it (like I declared my prescription medicine) I have to go through secondary screening and wait even longer to get out of the bloody airport.
How hard is it to construct a blank customs form that that explains what is meant by animal and vegetable origin? I mean assuming the people at AQIS have higher IQs than 100?
In fact.. if you ASK you might well be told that certain things ARE fine Roasted sunflower seeds fr'instance) .. Just declare them first!
Again.. How hard is that?
They are putting all the bags through X-rays. How hard is it to pull the stuff that is actually dangerous and stop hassling and barking at people who have come to spend thousands to tens of thousands of dollars in your country? How hard is it to stop treating people who visit countries that have a different interpretation of "food" as criminals?