What food can I take to America?

The following are not allowed. See if there's anything you want to bring. Try not to cause too much trouble. Just go to America to buy it. There are supermarkets in China.

When you come to America and go through customs, some people are always lucky. Contraband is not allowed. The United States has strict regulations on this. Violate the law, from confiscating things to fines and even arrests.

The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) lists prohibited and restricted items. The list is arranged in alphabetical order. The summary of this list is tailored to "China characteristics" and roughly classified as follows.

Meat, livestock and poultry. Whether it is fresh, dry, canned or vacuum packed, it is forbidden. So you can't bring floss, beef jerky and the like. Foods containing meat are also prohibited. Such as meat dumplings, steamed stuffed buns, fresh meat moon cakes and so on. Besides, no chicken feet. Someone with chicken feet was recently confiscated on the grounds of preventing bird flu from entering the United States. ...

Food. You can bring a small amount of bread into America. However, almost any food containing meat, such as beef soup and soup powder, is not allowed (almost anything containing meat products, such as broth and soup powder, etc. , is unacceptable). But condiments, vinegar, cooking oil, honey, coffee and tea are allowed. You can bring some spices with China characteristics, such as mushrooms, fungus, star anise, etc. Jujube, medlar, small walnut, hawthorn slices, etc. Congratulations to those who like seafood. There is no special ban in the United States. For example, dried squid, yellow croaker, Kaiyang and shrimp can be brought, while hairy crabs and dairy products are not allowed.

Special reminder:

1) If you bring food, you must declare it in the form and it will be checked. Usually, this kind of inspection is as simple as the inspection of other luggage. Just scan it.

2) Some foods are not allowed to be brought in. But if you have already declared in advance, you will confiscate the food.

3) If you bring contraband and fail to declare it, you may be punished.

Fruit and vegetables. In 1980s, the California government and the federal government spent $654.38 billion to deal with the outbreak of the Mediterranean fruit fly. The root cause of this fruit fly outbreak is that someone brought fruit into the United States. Therefore, the United States strictly guards against fruits and vegetables. If you brought apples from China and didn't finish them on the plane, you'd better throw them away or declare them before entering the customs. Violators are fined $300 for the first time and $500 for the second time. In addition, cooked peanuts can be brought, but raw peanuts can't be brought.

Plants and seeds. You need to import documents and other documents to enter the United States. Mainly to prevent pests. So, if you plan to bring some rapeseed to grow your own vegetables, don't take any chances. Some vegetables in the United States are more expensive than pork, but rapeseed is actually sold in supermarkets in the United States. Of course, there may be no vegetables in your hometown, so you have to do as the Romans do. In addition, handicrafts made of plant materials (including straw) must be declared.

Soil. For example, it is forbidden to bring a pot of flowers, and so is the soil in the pot.

Biological products, such as cell cultures, biological tissues, etc. People who want to go to the United States for biological research must obtain the approval of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) in advance if they need to bring relevant biological products.

Drug therapy. You can take the medicine you need, but only in a reasonable dose. In addition, it is forbidden to use narcotics and other drugs that may be abused, such as: Luo Mianle, γ -hydroxybutyric acid (fairy water) and roofies, GHB and Fen-Phen, and offenders will be punished. If you want to carry drugs containing addictive ingredients, such as cough medicine, tranquilizer, sleeping pills, antidepressants, etc., you must declare them and put them in original boxes or bottles; You also need a doctor's prescription and diagnosis.

Ceramic tableware. The FDA suggested that carriers send ceramic tableware made in China, Mexico and India for testing to ensure that the lead content meets the safety standards.

Cultural relics and cultural property. You need to provide proof of legal possession, purchase receipt or export license.

Articles with trademarks and copyrights protected by intellectual property rights. For example, Microsoft software, American blockbuster CD. You'd better not bring fake brand-name bags.

Dog skin and cat skin. Include products containing dog skin and cat skin, such as dog skin hats. Intentional violation, each item can be fined $65,438+0,000 yuan; Unintentional violations can be fined $3,000 each time.

Can I bring a pet? Such as dogs and cats. Of course. However, the customs has strict inspections, including reviewing all vaccination records and health certificates. Hawaii is very strict. All pets entering Hawaii (including those in the continental United States) have to go through quarantine and "quarantine inspection", which costs several hundred dollars. If the quarantine period is 120 days, the cost is 1080 USD. If you really can't bear to part with your beloved baby, it will cost you this isolation review fee.

Gold (gold) coins and gold bars, which were forbidden before, can be carried now. However, gold coins without the name of the issuing country cannot be brought into the United States.

If the cash exceeds $65,438+$0,000, it must be declared.

As for weapons and ammunition, China people basically do not have this problem. However, it should be noted that you can't take the following things with you in your carry-on luggage:

Knives, such as fruit knives, razors, scissors (metal tips and blades are more than 4 inches long).

Liquid, such as beverage, shampoo, toothpaste. Drinks must be finished before security check. Other liquid items, such as cooking wine, rice vinegar, sesame oil, etc., can be checked with the luggage, but they are absolutely not allowed to be carried with you. Toothpaste can be taken to travel, and the capacity does not exceed 3.4 ounces.