Hi Guys,

 

Thought I would post my favourite TV show. I know many other countries don't get this one. This show is Border Patrol and I do watch every week mesmerized by it. Amazing how many people try to sneak food into Australia:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Afj8TmNr1g

Does Australia have bad food or something? :-)

Does Australia have bad food or something? :-)

 

LOL - Not really as I like the food in Australia, but every week they are always giving out fines for not declaring food. Same in the New Zealand version of that show.

Does Australia have bad food or something? :-)

 

Many countries have foodstuffs that are very hard or impossible to find outside of that country. For example as far as I know the only place you can buy TimTams is Australia (and maybe New Zealand?). I guess many people just want to take a taste of home / favourite holiday destination with them.

 

Incidentally I'm also one of those people that tried to smuggle food into Australia... although in my case 'smuggle' meant: honestly fill in the card and politely ask the quarantine officer whether I could take the bag of candy I had in my bag with me. Turns out I could (factory processed and all that) .

Excellent show - we watch it here in the Netherlands.

 

The Aussie's are very strick with their rules.

 

Henk.

Nothing to declare! Love it!

Guess I wont be sneakin in there soon My plan was to sneak in there get a job as a roo shooter then sneak into new zeland and sign up to help farm green lip mussles I am sik of my "ever" day here

Who would ever shoot a roo!?

 

They is cute!

 

See? (Don't try and kiss her, though)

I also know that Vegemite, a very popular breakfast spread from Australia is a prohibited item on the USA because it contains Folate (vitamin b ), The FDA doesn't approve it's use as an additive in a spread. Many Australians get searched for trying to bring it into the USA.

 

The other major item for the USA is Kinder Eggs because the FDA won't approve toys inside of food, they consider it a chocking hazard.

 

Both seem innocent to me however I wouldn't want to be caught bringing a prohibited item into a country.

Gotta love those kangaroo steaks and crocodile kebabs! Yum

 

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Gotta love those kangaroo steaks and crocodile kebabs! Yum

 

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America is pretty omnivorous, and we are so culturally diverse that its a good bet that somebody, somewhere will eat just about anything. On the other hand, we are also big softies, and even after all this time, the average person presented with deer meat (OMG! they killed Bambi!!) will demur.

 

Heck, we Squee' with horror at the thought of whale meat.

 

Anybody trying to bring Roo' meat to America should know that the first viral campaign showing Kewt Roos' frolicking and looking adorable would stomp any market here flatter than flat.

 

Better stick to the ostrich meat.

 

Heck, we Squee' with horror at the thought of whale meat.

 

Good thing, last thing we need is a demand for something we don't "need" to be eating.

 

Here in TX we have quite the Border Patrol also, unfortunately they are not as sucessful as they should be in keeping illegal people/items from getting thru.

I eat venison on a regular basis and it is delicious, especially if prepared correctly. As with Kangaroo steaks or kebabs, you have to not buy into the words "cute, skippy, bambi etc" :sorry:

 

On a more serious note, I recall arriving here in NZ 35 years ago and upon arrival at the international gate being told to remain seated for another 15 minutes as the Bio-security guys walked through aircraft spraying the interior and overhead lockers etc. It was a strange experience to say the least, but common practice here in NZ and Australia at that time due to our isolation.

 

One very funny comment I read about this many years ago was "Australia has VERY strict quarantine laws that I fully agree with..As all really nasty insects on this planet originate from Australia, I never quite understood that ritual anyway" :fool: :LMAO:

 

Now we just don't see this practice, but it is still in force.

 

Interesting article here about route and residual spraying relating to arrivals in 49 different countries "Insecticide practice at some US airlines" ... http://ashsd.afacwa.org/docs/pestdest.pdf

And here "Airline Passengers Are Sprayed for Bugs" ..... http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/effects-of-pesticides/pesticide-action-network-updates-service

I eat venison on a regular basis and it is delicious, especially if prepared correctly. As with Kangaroo steaks or kebabs, you have to not buy into the words "cute, skippy, bambi etc"

 

 

here is the way I see it. My girlfriend was born in Zimbabwe. When you are from Zimbabwe you are a part of the food chain. You don't go sleeping in a tent in the bush because something will come and eat you in the night.

 

Therefore it is very hard to find a Vegetarian in Zimbabwe. People are very aware they are apart of the food chain, therefore they have no problem eating meat.

 

I love living with a Zimbabwean, as they know to enjoy the finer things in life, like meat.....We do eat Venison, Kangaroo, Lamb....but as what has said above we don't eat Whale and support a sustainable fishing industry.

 

And here "Airline Passengers Are Sprayed for Bugs" .....

 

I recall being on a flight into Guadeloupe and the Customs spraying down the passengers and aircraft before we got off the airplane......Not a very comfortable experience.

I came back from France along with my bicycle once. The guy at the desk wanted to know if I'd been riding off-road. I hadn't, and my bike was strictly for road riding (narrow tires,) so he was OK with it. He was worried about soil in the treads of the tires that might contain bugs or microorganisms. It seemed like a reasonable precaution to me.

 

Coming into the US, though, I wonder how much of the paranoia is justified, and how much stuff is not allowed just because they want to collect taxes on it, or protect a domestic supplier who makes big campaign contributions.