Can I bring U.K. style stuffing on a plane to the U.S.?
Posted by PrimNathanIOW@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 16 comments
Spending Christmas in the U.S. making abUK style Christmas dinner and want to bring stuffing with me as I’m certain I won’t be able to buy any there.
Will I have any issue bringing this with me?
PurplePeso@reddit
You can buy Paxo on the US Amazon.
Also Cost Plus World Market likely has some if there’s one nearby where you’ll be.
jimicus@reddit
Breadcrumbs. Sage. Onions.
If you can’t buy those things in the US, I fear for humanity.
oudcedar@reddit
But decent sausagemeat may be a problem there and that’s essential to real stuffing. However I definitely wouldn’t try to bring that over.
nevermindaboutthaton@reddit
So what do you want to try and take?
oudcedar@reddit
Well I’d have no choice but to try to get sausagement of some kind over in the US. But I wouldn’t be hopeful.
FalconImmediate3244@reddit
We have tons of sausage options in the US. Especially in a medium sized city, a more upscale grocery store will make several kinds in-house in addition to packages options.
You’d be looking for loose breakfast sausage I think. Try Jimmy Dean’s, Bob Evans.
nevermindaboutthaton@reddit
Yeah but what are you trying to take?
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/know-before-you-go/prohibited-and-restricted-items#:~:text=Meats%2C%20Livestock%20and%20Poultry%3A%20The,have%20been%20prepared%20with%20meat.
fluffy_samoyed@reddit
You can buy stuffing mix in the US. It will be extremely plentiful this time of year. I'll be honest, I'm really perplexed as to why you thought Americans don't buy stuffing on the regular in the first place. If you absolutely must have Paxo specifically, you can order it from Amazon or Walmart while you're there.
AnTeallach1062@reddit
Landed in San Francisco last year and in the baggage hall they had a woman with a dog walking among the people waiting to collect their bags. The dog's job was to find food. It found a passenger's lunch and the lunch was confiscated. From what I could tell the dog did not eat the lunch, but it was super pleased with itself.
I should add that I had about 3kg of mixed nuts that did not interest the dog.
The rules for what can and cannot be taken into the USA are clearer on the Customs and Border Protection website than Reddit. https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/know-before-you-go/prohibited-and-restricted-items
fursty_ferret@reddit
I wouldn't. Even if you saunter through saying you have nothing to declare you run the risk of coming across sniffer dogs in arrivals who are trained to smell food.
If it's allowed, you'll eventually be allowed to pass but only after being kept waiting for an hour or two. If it's not allowed, then expect a fine in addition.
There's nothing special in stuffing, just buy the basic ingredients while you're in the USA from Walmart or something.
Jezbod@reddit
"after being kept waiting for an hour or two", WTF.
I declared food stuffs at New Zealand and UK borders and walked away about 5 minutes later, after some of it was declared not allowed.
UKPerson3823@reddit
I had to declare some food items when landing in the US one time. They send you to a back room where you wait in a line with everyone else declaring something.
It was hilarious because everyone else was bringing in comically illegal things like plastic grocery bags full or raw shrimp or handheld animal bones or whatever. When the officers saw that we just a had a packaged food item, they laughed at us and told as to stop wasting their time and go through.
It took maybe 20 minutes, but it could vary a lot based on how busy they are at the airport.
Civil_opinion24@reddit
US CBP are a special kind of petty
Accurate_Prompt_8800@reddit
You need to go and check the CBP website - you could have googled this.
I can imagine you’ll be able to bring in commercially packaged, unopened, cooked shelf-stable food items. But if it has meat in it I would check for specific rules on that. You will need to declare it as well to avoid a fine.
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