Travelling with tucker

[bibtracker]

Greetings from damp Perth (just had the wettest April on record).

Anyone know offhand what the rules are for travelling interstate with home-dried food, such as fruit and dehydrated dinners?

I know you can't carry fresh fruit or suchlike, but maybe the dried version is OK.

Obviously happy to play by the rules, but can't think that a bit of well-dried mince or suchlike would be a problem.

Cheers, Tony

[tasadam]

Two sites that are useful if coming from or going overseas -
http://www.daffa.gov.au/aqis

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4221

There are more strict rules for bringing produce into Tasmania - beware of that.

Have a good look through this site -

http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/We ... 6FW46?open

That's a really good site with all the answers - must copy that link into the "Useful web resources" section.
I know a lot of people that come in get things confiscated...
When I did the Overland track, we met up with a couple of guys from Sydney, they came all prepared with their food, they carried fresh food from Sydney - they had their Broccoli all chopped up for each day in glad bags with one chilli in each bag.. Customs dog attacks their bag at the airport so they get pulled aside and their bags emptied...
Imagine this...
The customs lady looking at a quantity of glad bags on the counter, each containing a quantity of neatly chopped broccoli and one whole chilli... picks one up, looks closely at it, turns to them and says
"We do have Broccoli in Tasmania, you know..."

An extract from the web site -
YES - What you can bring into Tasmania
When travelling to Tasmania from ALL mainland States you may bring in the following goods:

Dried nuts
Processed foods including dried, cooked and canned fruit and vegetables
Freeze dried camping foods
Meat for human/personal consumption including salami, hams and meat sticks
Canned fish
Cheese
Honey
Noodles, pasta, rice, bread, cereals and sauces
Tea coffee and biscuits
Poultry and poultry hatching eggs
Cats
Baby food


Permits are required for the following items coming into Tasmania: (available by contacting Quarantine in your originating State)
Bulbs, corms etc. that are dormant and free of soil
Fruit, vegetables and cut flowers
Plants and nursery stock
Native birds and wildlife
Livestock/Domestic Animals

[Son of a Beach]

Dried nuts
Processed foods including dried, cooked and canned fruit and vegetables
Freeze dried camping foods
Meat for human/personal consumption including salami, hams and meat sticks
Canned fish
Cheese
Honey
Noodles, pasta, rice, bread, cereals and sauces
Tea coffee and biscuits
Poultry and poultry hatching eggs
Cats
Baby food

Canned fish, Cheese, Honey and... Cats???
I bet the customs dog wouldn't ignore that.

[tasadam]

Yeah, I thought best to leave that alone...
Opens up a whole cat can of worms, that one.

[corvus]

Oh gees here goes does that mean you can import you own pussies to Tassie?

[Joe]

Oh gees here goes does that mean you can import you own pussies to Tassie?

Russian or thai? Both are cuisine that burnie's older men are rather fond of. Im not joking...get quite a few in work

[tasadam]

Not so simple for the Russian or Thai pussies it would seem.
http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/cat-dogs

Cats and dogs entering Australia must meet all of the AQIS import conditions prior to export. This is to ensure no exotic diseases are introduced into Australia. Australia is free from many animal-related diseases found in other parts of the world.

If you wish to import a cat or dog into Australia, you need to apply for an AQIS import permit via the Live Animal Imports Program. AQIS officers will assess the application and – provided that the animal meets the import permit requirements – grant an import permit.

An import permit is required to book a space at an AQIS post-arrival Animal Quarantine Station. There are three post-arrival Animal Quarantine Stations for cats and dogs in Australia – Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

And along the same line, it seems you can't even bring in your pussy's fur...
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4232&c=3975

Trade in cat and dog fur banned - Friday, 21st May 2004
The Australian Government will immediately move to ban trade in cat and dog fur, the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Chris Ellison, said today.

The Government will amend the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 and the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 to stop import and export of the fur of domestic cat and dog species (Felis cattus and Canis familiaris respectively).

OK, leave it alone... No pussy cat fur coming into Australia... Enough said.

[bibtracker]

Hey, Tasadam, many thanks for such a comprensive reply.

I accept no responsibility for the direction in which this thread then moved

Cheers, Tony

[Joe]

OK, leave it alone... No pussy cat fur coming into Australia... Enough said.

AAAhhhh...so Brazillian Pussy is safe

this is it from me...i promise..

[tasadam]

so Brazillian Pussy is safe

Summed it up "beautifully".

Hey, Tasadam, many thanks for such a comprensive reply.

You're welcome.
So, Tony, in short, you are quite safe to bring your nuts to Tasmania, the b!tch beagle at the quarrantine station won't try and take them off you.
That goes for your dried fruit, too.

Note to admin - I'm with Taswaterfalls that b!tch should probably not be a swear word, like "that hill I had to climb was a bit of a b!tch" or "that b!tch at quarrantine", lots of legitimate uses, and if anyone uses it as "member x is a right royal b!tch, and so's his wife", well the post will be deleted and the user probably banned, so, what do ya reckon?