You might find it absurd, but it is quite common. The same rules about cooked food now apply, for example when travelling from the UK to France - that sandwich could have been seized when travelling into Europe - there were some travellers who were caught out travelling to France following Brexit. https://food.ec.europa.eu/animals/animal-products-movements/personal-imports_en
You might find it absurd, but it is quite common. The same rules about cooked food now apply, for example when travelling from the UK to France - that sandwich could have been seized when travelling into Europe - there were some travellers who were caught out travelling to France following Brexit. https://food.ec.europa.eu/animals/animal-products-movements/personal-imports_en
And the same in the US except with ever larger fines than AU https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/agricultural-items
The US only cares about uncooked food: meat, fruit, etc. I’ve personally declared Reese’s peanut butter cups, as a joke. They look at you like this:
Uncooked foods, and more specifically things with seeds. A primary concern is about new species being introduced and becoming invasive.
… and canned meat and soup, if you look at the regulations-particularly beef