On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:04:45 +0100, Nathalie Chiva
> wrote:

>On 9 Jan 2006 09:30:13 -0800, "sueb" > wrote:
>
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>>An assortment of dried chili peppers would be nice, but you need to
>>check if you can get them through customs and in what form.
>
>I don't know about getting them out of the US, but getting them into
>France shouldn't be a problem. Now getting food *into* the US, that's
>another story...
>
>Nathalie in Switzerland (can't even send boxes of chocolate anymore)

Well, I checked and the total food ban that was in effect (at least
that's the info I got then) about a year ago seems to have been lifted
(but I *distinctly* remember a couple of articles in the newspapers
here saying that when travelling to the US there was a total food ban,
and not to bring *anything*).

Nathalie in Switzerland