"Nathalie Chiva" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:04:45 +0100, Nathalie Chiva
> > wrote:
>
>>On 9 Jan 2006 09:30:13 -0800, "sueb" > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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

It has always been my 'impression' that food stuffs could not be brought
into the U.S. or other countries; the exception being the 'stuff' at the
duty-free stations.
But evidently that is not so?
Dee Dee