Re: [Debconf-discuss] Cured (raw) meat for cheese and wine party through Canada customs?
I can confirm than numerous french people have had their precious
saucisson (which closely resemble salami) confiscated on arrival at the
airport.
I wouldn't recommend trying to smuggle them in.
On 07/28/2017 08:01 PM, Abdelhakim Qbaich wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Full information is available here:
> http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/information-for-consumers/travellers/what-can-i-bring-into-canada-/eng/1389648337546/1389648516990
>
> An excerpt from the meat section:
>> A maximum of 20 kg of commercially prepared, sterile, shelf-stable
>> (i.e. safe at room temperature) meat in sealed, impermeable packaging
>> may be imported per person. Fresh meat is not permitted. If the meat
>> is of bovine, ovine, or caprine origin (beef, lamb/mutton, or goat)
>> it may only be imported from countries of negligible risk for Bovine
>> Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease).
>
> --
> Abdelhakim Qbaich (abdelq)
>
> On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:55:18 -0300
> Dererk <dererk@debian.org> wrote:
>
>> Hiya!
>>
>> We were planning on bring something typical that is, basically,
>> composed of cured raw pork meat that has been air-dry away
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami
>>
>> The thing is that at DebConf in Portland, customs immediately
>> confiscated them from us accusing about disease control laws and those
>> kind of things, even though It was totally fine to bring smoked salmon
>> and such :-/
>>
>> Here the question rests: Would you say Canada Immigration/Customs at
>> Toronto is similar or replicates those kind of laws they use at the
>> US?
>>
>> It's really amazing and totally worth trying, but since it costs quite
>> some money (and since I would have to travel ~100KM to get them) I
>> would prefer not to burst into tears seeing, once again, a custom
>> agent force us to drop them into the trash for them to later
>> snaking :P
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dererk
>>
>
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