Originally Posted by
xyzzy
FWIW, I think the Australian government encourages people to not declare food as they tell you that you will be ineligible for express customs processing if you declare anything.
Which is rubbish. When travelling to SYD, I normally carry all the food and my wife carries none. I declare it, and most times after questioning from the Bio-security guy in the queue, I get to avoid the screening. Several times I have beaten my wife through!
If you demonstrate that you are aware of the rules and declare, you can often zip straight through.