From Canada into the US they want to know if you have BEEF; they don't care about other meat products. (I had to dump a whole container of dog food because, although it was lamb and rice, it wasn't in the original bag so the agent could confirm it wasn't beef - argh!)

There's probably a website you can check with but my google-fu is non-existent.

My friend just came back from London with a stash of Bisto in her suitcase for me .. beef flavored. You use it to make gravy. I think it's probably similar to chicken stock cubes - it's sort of a powdery base. I'll ask her if she declared it - I don't think they'd have any problem with this sort of thing. It's awesome stuff .. we've been adding it to soups and stews and it made a wonderful gravy for pot roast on Sunday.

Many prepared foods are admissible. However, almost anything containing meat products, such as bouillon, soup mixes, etc., is not admissible.

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That will apply to both bringing them back by hand or by mailing. Whether she would get caught is a different matter - the worst that would happen is they would confiscate them.

But she would get to watch the adorable food sniffing beagles up close which is worth importing food even if it is confiscated.

It would be worth it to spend money on confiscated chicken cubes if I could see that beagle again.

Last May, they confiscated all meat products that my father declared. If he hadn't declared them, he could have walked right through. No meat-sniffing beagles anywhere.

Uh oh ... sounds like I'm harboring contraband in my kitchen cupboard.

Due to my lousy handwriting, upon return from our honeymoon I had to explain at customs that I was not actually carrying a number of souvenir HAMS, but misc. souvenir ITEMS. Oh, how we laughed.

I never saw any beagles.

Whether she would get caught is a different matter - the worst that would happen is they would confiscate them.
And/or give her a substantial fine. If you mail it, the worst that can happen it is that it will get confiscated (esp if you don't include a valid return address). That also avoids any possible confrontations with bored customs officers in front of thousands of impatient travellers and the likelihood of acting like a nervous drug mule as you line up, which has to increase your chances of a cavity search somewhat (unless you would enjoy that, in which case, go for it).

Today elizard got on a plane bound for Canada with enough barbecue sauce to cause an international delicious-pork-related incident. Well, her luggage did. She bemoaned the fact that she could not take Andouille sausage back home and my suggestion of sausage-smuggling was met with a raised eyebrow.

*golf clap for Canadian moral fiber*

Isn't this what they make condoms for?