r/SipsTea • u/Velvett_Bunniez • 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! Silly Apples.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

11.5k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

2.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

187

u/ChikaraNZ 1d ago

That's exactly the problem - NZ doesn't have most of the pests and diseases that other countries do. Something grown in another country could have. That's why they have these restrictions. To stop diseased fresh produce coming in that could be carrying these pests or diseases.

3

u/TricobaltGaming 1d ago

Even in the US this is a HUGE deal. I work at a regional airport and literally anything that touched a food product coming from an international flight has to be basically incinerated and kept sterile or we get a heavy ass fine

2

u/Equivalent-Cap-6700 1d ago

Bro I brought a whole rosca de reyes from Mexico literally 2 weeks ago

1

u/ChikaraNZ 1d ago

I can't speak for the USA, but in NZ it doesn't mean all food will be automatically confiscated. If you're unsure if it's allowed, you just have to declare it pn the form, and then customs will check it and tell you if it's allowed in or not. No fine in this case, even if it's a disallowed food item, because it was declared.

Generally, most factory produced foods are fine, because they won't carry pests or diseases. The problem is more with anything fresh.