[Sca-cooks] Iceland & Scotland - what to get?

[Decker, Terry D.]

U.S. Customs is a part of the Treasury Department and enforces the laws on
tariffs and illegal importations.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is the one which handles food products
and communicable diseases in animals.  USDA is the one that would prohibit,
under their administrative and regulatory authority, the importation and
sale of foodstuffs and livestock that might spread hoof and mouth disease.

The USDA rulings on imports would be enforced by Agricultural Inspectors and
Customs Officers working together, as the Customs Service has the right of
search and seizure without warrant and the Ag Inspectors can identify the
banned products.

Bear

> I haven't heard that the ban on meat products from the UK has
> been lifted,
> so I'd find out before I had my parents spend money on stuff
> they might have
> to leave behind.  Do you suppose the airport would have the
> phone number for
> the customs dept.?  I surfed the web a bit, but couldn't find anything
> useful.  Is the customs dept. part of the Treasury?  The
> USDA?  I dunno...
> (showing my lack of egumikashun, as I went to publick skoolz)
>
> Madelina the ignorant