we xray ALL incoming luggage for banned imports - ie fruit, flowers etc - that pose biohazard.
Check this website: http://www.daff.gov.au/content/publications.cfm?Category=Australian%20Qu arantine%20fixand%20Inspection%20Service&ObjectID=91BEA21E-F661-4C28-993 E5D87CAB8AF20#declare for the full list of items that must be declared (and most likely will be confiscated). Basically forget about bringing in any food items, plants, animal products, seeds, nuts, wood, even airline snacks. If you fail to declare or dispose of any quarantine items, or make a false declaration: - you will be caught; - you could be fined $220 on-the-spot; or - you could be prosecuted and fined more than $60,000 and risk 10 years' jail. BTW, we welcome all visitors to Australia, especially everyone traveling to Brisbane for IR7.0 :-) Fay
If you fail to declare or dispose of any quarantine items, or make a false declaration:
- you will be caught; - you could be fined $220 on-the-spot; or - you could be prosecuted and fined more than $60,000 and risk 10 years' jail.
I should add to my last post that, yes, I declared my prescriptions on the government form and showed the Clif Bars to the inspector --- who still waved me through. (I've had this done twice when travelling to Oz, btw...) -rf
same experience, not with prescriptions, but with prepackaged food, which was planters snack mix and some fruit-nut bars. On Jul 31, 2006, at 9:28 PM, Richard Forno wrote:
If you fail to declare or dispose of any quarantine items, or make a false declaration:
- you will be caught; - you could be fined $220 on-the-spot; or - you could be prosecuted and fined more than $60,000 and risk 10 years' jail.
I should add to my last post that, yes, I declared my prescriptions on the government form and showed the Clif Bars to the inspector --- who still waved me through. (I've had this done twice when travelling to Oz, btw...)
-rf
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Yes, same experience as Jeremy. The rules in Australia are actually pretty much the same as in the US when it comes to food, nuts, seeds, and mud on your shoes. Things that are machine wrapped/packaged are usually fine simply because they know they've been processed. If you just bring an open bag of trail mix they don't know where you got the nuts. Anyway, they have food dogs at the airport too, so as Faye said, you will be caught. Happy travels, Ulla --- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication University Center C, Suite 3100 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Email: ubunz@fsu.edu Phone: 850-644-1809 ----------------------------------------------- ________________________________ From: Jeremy Hunsinger [mailto:jhuns@vt.edu] Sent: Mon 7/31/2006 9:31 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] drugging oz same experience, not with prescriptions, but with prepackaged food, which was planters snack mix and some fruit-nut bars. On Jul 31, 2006, at 9:28 PM, Richard Forno wrote:
If you fail to declare or dispose of any quarantine items, or make a false declaration:
- you will be caught; - you could be fined $220 on-the-spot; or - you could be prosecuted and fined more than $60,000 and risk 10 years' jail.
I should add to my last post that, yes, I declared my prescriptions on the government form and showed the Clif Bars to the inspector --- who still waved me through. (I've had this done twice when travelling to Oz, btw...)
-rf
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