In article >,
Ariane Jenkins > wrote:

> Several years ago when I solicited suggestions for what to bring back from
> England, people here had a lot of interesting ideas, so I thought I'd give it
> another go. In about a month and a half, we'll be heading to France for 3
> weeks and hitting Paris, Normandy (briefly), the Loire Valley region, the
> Dordogne (also very briefly) and Provence.
>
> I already had things in mind like olive oil and some wine, which should be all
> right through Customs. Rules are strict and say no fruits/vegetables and it
> sounds like meat in any form might also be against the rules, according to
> U.S. Custom's website. So foie gras is probably out. Some cheeses are
> permitted, but chances are we'll try and eat our fill there rather than toting
> any home.
>

Canned meat products are fine ONLY if they contain NO pork products at
all. Which makes no sense to me but they took the cans with pork listed
on the labels and not the ones with any other meat.