Originally Posted by
Smaug
Back to the subject of flowers from AMS, has anyone received any problems bringing back flowers into the U.S. that are marked "safe for U.S." (or some similiar verbage)? I saw both "safe for U.S." and "not safe for U.S." markings on flower labels when I was in AMS last year, but I didn't buy any because I didn't know if how customs would react.
I've never had a problem with the ones labeled "US Safe/approved". Declare 'em, Customs will ask you to show them, and they'll let you go when they see the sticker. I did it a couple of times through JFK.