[Sca-cooks] buying chinese spices
Johnna Holloway
johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu
Fri Jun 16 18:18:04 PDT 2006
Ok try this link--
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/clearing_goods/agri_prod_inus.xml
Bringing Agricultural Products Into the United States
It's on the US Customs and Border Protection site.
See also Know before you go.
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/
"As a general rule, condiments, vinegars, oils, packaged spices, honey,
coffee and tea are admissible."
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/prohibited_restricted.xml#FoodProductsPrepared
Hope this helps,
Johnnae
>maggie5 at cox.net writes:
>
>>Is there anybody familiar with what those restrictions might be, and what
>>is convenient to pick up and bring back from there, in terms of spices? He
>>had problems trying to find sichuan pepper, but maybe it was because I had
>>described it badly.
>>
>My mom just got back from China, sans any spices :(. She was told that only
>spices in sealed packages would be allowed into the USA.snipped
>
>Renata
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