New answers tagged food-and-drink
1
vote
Can I bring prepackaged food into the Netherlands?
As long as it's in a sealed package this should be all fine.
You can double check the specific items here: https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/travel-abroad/bringing-items-netherlands
- 80.6k
8
votes
Can I bring spices, nuts, or dates to New Zealand if they're not labeled commercially?
If you bring the spices and it is all clearly commercially prepared food of the types allowed they will ask to inspect it, and if it is good they will allow it, if it is not good they will take it, ...
- 181
26
votes
Can I bring spices, nuts, or dates to New Zealand if they're not labeled commercially?
The New Zealand government's main site is Check if you can bring or send an item to NZ.
Following it to specific food items, it says about:
Spices:
Allowed if: If it is dried and ground, commercially ...
- 10.7k
10
votes
Accepted
Can I bring a few cans of meat into the EU? If so, how?
To make a long answer short: Don't.
If you want to import meat into the EU from a country not covered by any of the exceptions (fresh, frozen or canned does not matter), the requirements are exactly ...
- 51.7k
3
votes
If you preorder a special airline meal (e.g. vegan) just to try it, does this inconvenience the caterers and staff?
Vegan is not a 'special' meal
There's absolutely nothing special in a vegan meal. A vegan meal consists of vegetables, which are a basis for every healthy meal. It just doesn't have meat as an ...
- 7,359
-6
votes
Can I bring a few cans of meat into the EU? If so, how?
An American analogy
To bring a bag of Moroccan clementines from Canada into the US, you might need a biosafety certificate. Such a certificate might be so expensive that it's not worth getting, ...
0
votes
If you preorder a special airline meal (e.g. vegan) just to try it, does this inconvenience the caterers and staff?
It probably depends a lot on your airline and your departure airport.
Are you taking a major airline, from one of their hubs? They handle tons of special meal requests every day. One more or one less ...
2
votes
If you preorder a special airline meal (e.g. vegan) just to try it, does this inconvenience the caterers and staff?
It is not bad to order a special meals for each of the reasons mentioned in the other answers (and comments) and use it, as long as you do claim what you ordered, (eat it or not, but do not claim an ...
- 55.9k
46
votes
If you preorder a special airline meal (e.g. vegan) just to try it, does this inconvenience the caterers and staff?
While I can't really see ordering a vegan meal "for fun" you will not be consuming a limited resource or depriving someone else of what they really need. A meal will be available for you and ...
- 77.3k
15
votes
If you preorder a special airline meal (e.g. vegan) just to try it, does this inconvenience the caterers and staff?
I'm not sure if this really is a comment or not.
I would argue that, if the airline has given you the option of ordering a special meal, then you are free to do so.
Airlines generally outsource their ...
- 14.1k
Top 50 recent answers are included