Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> In article >,
> "Dee Randall" > wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> Not true, although there are bans on some types of things -- usually
> unprocessed stuff, IME.

For years there have been signs at US border crossings that you cannot take
certain types of fruits across into the US. The last time I went to Europe (4
years ago), they were having a problem with foot and mouth disease and we
could not bring back any meat, cheese or dairy products.