Can I Pack This In My Suitcae??

[Englands Disney Gang]

Hi

I wonder if antone has any knowledge on this. We are flying with Vorgin from Manchester in jyst under 3 weeks. I was wondering what the laws are in taking prepacked food?? I want to take a jar of marmite, crackerbread, ceral bars...is this allowed??
Thanks for your advice!!

 

[Englands Disney Gang]

Please excuse the spelling...long day at work!!

 

[Claire L]

Here is a list of allowed foodstuff -

What kind of food products can I bring to the U.S.?
Food, Plant, and Animal Products
General List of Approved Products

This list covers products from all areas except Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Bamboo - dried poles only
Beads made of seeds - (but not jequirity beans)
Breads, cakes, cookies, and other bakery goods
Candies, confectionery, chocolates
Cheeses - fully cured hard cheese only
Coconuts - (but husks or milk must be removed)
Coffee - roasted beans only
Dried foods - including polished rice, beans, and tea
Fish
Flower bulbs - (but not crocosomia, gladiolus, and watsonia bulbs from Africa, Argentina, Brazil, France, Italy, Malta, Mauritius, Portugal or Uruguay)
Flowers - most fresh or dried kinds (but not with roots), except eucalyptus
Fruits - canned or dried products only
Herbarium plants - (but not witchweed)
Herbs - dried, for medicinal use
Mushrooms
Nuts - (but not chestnuts or acorns or nuts with outer husks)
Sauces - canned or processed
Seaweed
Seeds - (but not avocado, bamboo, barberry, coconuts, corn, cotton, currant, elm, hibiscus, lentil, mahonia, mango, pearl millet, potato, rice, sorghum, and wheat)
Shamrocks - without root or soil
Soup and soup mixes - (but not those containing meat)
Spices - dried (but not curry leaves)
Straw animals, hats, baskets, and other souvenirs - (but not items stuffed with straw)
Vegetables - canned or processed

from the US Embassy

Marmite is most certainly ok we always take some with us Hope this helps.

Claire

 

[Amyrlin]

Reading the web page make sure you don't leave a lottery ticket in your purse!

 

[wicket2005]

I would be very careful what you take in with you. You do have to declare food stuffs on a customs form and your case will be scanned for food.

On the plane they come round and take fruit off you just before you land.

Personally I never take any sort of food stuff into the country. There are plenty of supermarkets in the resort areas where you can buy stuff so unless you are on a special diet I wouldn't bother.

 

[Ralphly]

To be honest, is it worth the time, effort and worry, just head for a Walmart when you get there, it'll be cheaper and less hassle.

 

[wilki32]

I agree with Ralphy and more choice. When we went with our family in 2002 MIL took beans, 2 heinz, 2 safeways own, they confiscated the heinz beans but left the safeway ones!!! Marmite DW always takes some and never uses it and then tries to talk me into bringing it home! No way uses valuable space in the case!
Anthony

 

[Ali and boyz]

I hate their tea-bags. Are you allowed to take these in?

 

[UKDEB]

Plenty of people do seem to take things like tea bags and cereal. I think it's OK as long as they're still sealed and I would pack them in your case, rather than your hand luggage.

However, as others have said: is it really worth the risk? If you do take them then you should declare them and that's bound to cause some kind of delay. Publix have an 'ethnic foods' section which stock things like Heinz baked beans, PG tips, etc., if you really can't live without them for a couple of weeks. And the supermarkets have entire aisles dedicated to breakfast goods - cereals, cereal bars, pop tarts (in every imaginable variety, and several unimaginable ones too!)...

 

[Ralphly]

To be fair their teabags are pants, but hey its two weeks, try something different.

 

[Ralphly]

Now if your really really in need of british supplys, there the brit shop in Old Town, Kissimmee.

www.old-town.com

I sure if there are more it will be posted.

 

[Amyrlin]

Brit supplies are not cheap, the only thing I would takt is tea bags if you want a good cup of tea,

 

[UKDEB]

Now if your really really in need of british supplys, there the brit shop in Old Town, Kissimmee.

www.old-town.com

Cool! And they've got Marmite.

 

[JohnnySharp2]

There is one thing they do not do very well and that is Gravy.

My little lad won't touch anything apart from Bisto, so we take 2 jars with us.
Just thankful that he now likes the crisps (potato chips) available, we used to take about 30 packets of Worcester Sauce flavour with us.

The Union Jack shop at Old Town is brilliant, but we would only use in an emergency I think.

 

[Ali and boyz]

To be fair their teabags are pants, but hey its two weeks, try something different.

yeh Tea bags are def. not as good as here. As I don't drink coffee and won't be taking anything else think I will squeeze in some tea bags

 

[Scottish_Maleficent]

Tetley tea bags are always on my packing list too!!!!

 

[UKDEB]

Love the new picture, Cath - your boys are very cute!

 

[Scottish_Maleficent]

Love the new picture, Cath - your boys are very cute!

Looks can be very deceiving Debbie!!

 

[tink too]

We found that King's Supermarket on I-Drive (not far from Mercado on the opposite side of the road) had quite a selection of Brit's favourites! Here are a few that I can remember seeing:

Tetley Teabags, Jacobs Cream Crackers, Philadelphia Cheese, various sweets incl. Mars, various biscuits incl. Rich Tea.

Maybe not as cheap as home, but definately saves the hastle of declaring foodstuffs and worrying about them ruining your clothes inside your case!

 

[wicket2005]

We found that King's Supermarket on I-Drive (not far from Mercado on the opposite side of the road) had quite a selection of Brit's favourites! !

I went in this supermarket twice and the staff were horrible. Once I cashed a travellor's cheque which he didn't really want to cash, then he threw the money at me.

The second time, we bought water, got to the checkout and realised one had been drunk from, the woman on the checkout wasn't impressed that I wanted to change it. Took it back, saw the man I had seen before explained about the water, I didn't want to put it back for someone else to pick up so gave it to him. He just snatched it from my hand, didn't say a word and just flung it across to the store room door.

Horrible place, never going in it again. I got the impression that they hated us.