When you study in the United States and travel between China and the United States, you need to face a problem, customs inspection. Generally speaking, luggage inspection is random, but the current trend is that the inspection is becoming more and more strict, and I Let’s take a look at the foods that cannot be brought into the United States.
Prohibited Categories
1. Meat: Chicken, duck, goose, pig, beef, sheep, deer, and horse meat are not allowed. Whether it is sealed, vacuumed, or covered with dozens of plastic bags, whether it is meat floss, sausage, moon cakes, biscuits, ham, canned meat, cured meat, sauce meat, fresh meat, bacon , dried meat, meat cakes, and meat dumplings are not acceptable.
2. To highlight the important points, it may be allowed to be brought in in rare cases: if the meat is in a sealed can, and the label clearly indicates in English that it is cooked, and the can does not need to be frozen. It can be stored for a long time. All fish are acceptable, including fish floss, dried fish, canned fish, and raw fish. The limit on caviar is 250 grams. If it exceeds 250 grams, all of it will be confiscated.
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3. Mooncakes: If there is egg yolk or meat in them, they are not allowed. Other types of mooncakes are allowed. If there is a clear description on the mooncake box of what is inside the mooncake, you do not need to open it. Otherwise, the customs officer may not only open the box, but also cut open the mooncake for inspection. If someone wants to take advantage of the problem, it may not be possible to create a fake trademark, because the meat can be seen when scanning. If you cut it open and find meat inside, the trouble will be even greater.
4. Fruits, vegetables, plants, plant seeds, soil-based fruits, raw peanuts, raw melon seeds and other seed foods are not allowed to be carried.
Allowed carry-out categories
1. Condiments, vinegar, vegetable oil, mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, jam, syrup, jelly, pickles and other meat-free products Sauce; fermented bean curd, pickles, and various sauces are also acceptable, but they are easy to spill and the bottles and boxes are easy to break, so be careful. They are usually available in Chinese supermarkets here, so it is not recommended to bring them.
2. Baked foods or mixed foods containing eggs and eggs must be commercially labeled with ingredients and packed in the original packaging, and can be eaten without processing, such as bread, biscuits, pastries, oatmeal bars, and fried potatoes. Tablets and cereal products, etc.
3. Used canned food or vacuum-packed large-mouth canned food that does not contain meat or poultry products;
4. Frozen, air-dried, smoked, canned Packaged or cooked, personal-sized fish, shrimp, abalone and other seafood products.
5. Preserved fruits: various dried fruits, such as preserved apricots, barberries, red currants, dates, figs, currants, pears, prunes, raisins, tomatillos, etc. .
6. Nuts: All kinds of nuts that have been processed (such as grinding, drying, pounding, baking, and steaming) can be imported; however, nuts with hard shells need to be removed from the shell.
7. Spices: In addition to spices made from oranges, lemons, limes and other citrus leaves and seeds, lemongrass and other vegetables and fruit seeds, all other dried spices can be used Entry.
The entry of powdered brewed drinks packaged in original packaging with English ingredient descriptions depends on the customs at the port of entry.
Whether food is allowed to be brought into the country is explained based on the USDA’s list of prohibited items, but this list will be updated from time to time. The customs makes this regulation to protect the U.S. land and ecology, so The most important thing is to declare honestly. If you are not sure, you can also have customs officers confirm whether it can be brought into the United States.