Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in
4:

> "alexine" > got out the keyboard
> and wrote u:
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I'm not Rhonda, nor do I play her on Usenet, but try here, Alexine:
>>> http://www.shipit.co.uk/Australia_Cu...tine_Rules.htm
>>>
>>> When I visited Rhonda in 2002, I brought jams - some homemade, IIRC,
>>> and some commercially made. I can't imagine why your sister
>>> couldn't bring some mayo in - it's a commercially made product in a
>>> sealed jar. Fresh eggs, OTOH, won't get past the ag inspector. Nor
>>> will a hollow and intricately decorated one. Don't ask me how I
>>> know this. Dammit. Also, you might email her at aqis.gov.au and put
>>> her name in front of it in the usual format, a dot between her first
>>> and last names. --
>>> -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> An update on 7/22/04.
>>
>> Thanks so much for the info Barb - it's greatly appreciated. I
>> didn't think that there would be a prob with Mayo, but the widely
>> travelled sister did - maybe she was just still smarting from her
>> frypan experience!!
>
> If all else fails, mail it. a couple of years back I sent her a box
> with bags of chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and I think some
> cinnamon chips. There was no problem shipping them in the sealed
> bags.
>

We do check the mail as well as passenger baggage.I work in the
International Mail program - we screen 100% of the mail. Some of it goes
straight to be inspected based on declarations. The rest of it is x-rayed
and/or screened with detector dogs, and we pull for inspection anything
that we suspect contains something of quarantine concern. The only reason
my parcel arrived intact was that there are no restrictions on chocolate,
peanut butter and (yes, definitely there were) cinnamon chips <g>. I made
oatmeal and cinnamon chip cookies, and they were a big hit at work and
with the next door neighbours, thank you very much.

Barb emailed me and alerted me to the Ping (just as well, as I probably
wouldn't have got around to reading RFC for a while), so I've posted an
answer for Alexine. I'll email it to her as well. Unfortunately,
mayonnaise is restricted, and would have to meet certain conditions to
get in.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia