Bringing meat into Japan
Matthew Caesar
into Japan? I'm looking to bring two or three with me as gifts when I make
a trip over there on the 28th. I found a website run by the Japanese gov't
(http://www.maff-aqs.go.jp/english/ryoko/aq2/aq2.htm) that seems to say it's
ok, and I even submitted a question, and they said it was alright as well,
but I needed to have a certificate from the United Stated Dept. of
Agriculture saying that the salami originated from a healthy animal.
I don't know how long it'd take to get such a certificate, and I was
wondering if anyone knows where to get it, or if it is really even
necessary, as I don't think I'd be able to buy this salami if it didn't come
from a healthy animal in the first place.
Thanks for any help,
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Matt
Matthew Endo
> Does anyone have any experience bringing meat (specifically, dried salami)
> into Japan? I'm looking to bring two or three with me as gifts when I make
> a trip over there on the 28th. I found a website run by the Japanese gov't
> (http://www.maff-aqs.go.jp/english/ryoko/aq2/aq2.htm) that seems to say it's
> ok, and I even submitted a question, and they said it was alright as well,
> but I needed to have a certificate from the United Stated Dept. of
> Agriculture saying that the salami originated from a healthy animal.
Most beef jerky has the "certificate" printed right on the label. But
for salami, unless it is mass produced, it probably won't have such
certification. See the "bug" on the lower left hand corner of the
package of Tengu Beef Jerky.
http://www.tenguco.com/jerky.html
Hmmm, looking at your reference web page above, it is not the
"certificate" but rather a stamp.
With the current state of affairs regarding BSE, I would say that
anything remotely resembling meat would be confiscated *if* found
without such a certificate.
> I don't know how long it'd take to get such a certificate, and I was
> wondering if anyone knows where to get it, or if it is really even
> necessary, as I don't think I'd be able to buy this salami if it didn't come
> from a healthy animal in the first place.
Is this salami really worth the trouble?
I have eaten incredible Parma ham in Italy but it looked like too much
trouble to bring it into Japan.
P.S. I could use some good salsa.
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Matt
ma...@gol.com
Raj Feridun
over for my kids and indeed if it has that inspection certificate
label on the side it'll get though. A few years ago they sent us some
without that label and it never made it. We got a letter announcing
it's confiscation instead and everything else that was in the package.
When they carry it over its never a problem at all since they have not
once had their luggage opened/inspected even in the two trips they've
made here post 9/11.
Raj
Drew Hamilton
>When they carry it over its never a problem at all since they have not
>once had their luggage opened/inspected even in the two trips they've
>made here post 9/11.
My last trip in, I had an entire pharmacy worth of medicines not
available in Japan that I was carrying over for my expat friends.
I lined up in the "stuff to declare" line. When I got up to the
guy I put the bag of drugs right on the counter right in front of
him. He didn't even ask me if I wanted to declare anything,
instead just waving me through.
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Eric Takabayashi
I've been into the country about 20 times through Kansai, Hiroshima and
Hakata, and they have never, ever checked me, even when I opened my
suitcase after telling the officer I had big bottles of vitamins when he
asked me if I had any medicine. And Hiroshima International Airport is
said to be strict.
Their security sucks. They're lucky American security is anal. My wife and
I have been the token pat down, bag search and shoe examination people at
the boarding gate our last two times back.
While totally ignoring my kids and their bags. Smart, these federal
security people.
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> Does anyone have any experience bringing meat (specifically, dried salami)
> into Japan? I'm looking to bring two or three with me as gifts when I make
> a trip over there on the 28th. I found a website run by the Japanese gov't
> (http://www.maff-aqs.go.jp/english/ryoko/aq2/aq2.htm) that seems to say it's
> ok, and I even submitted a question, and they said it was alright as well,
> but I needed to have a certificate from the United Stated Dept. of
> Agriculture saying that the salami originated from a healthy animal.
Some people just send by mail. No certificates.
Rafael Caetano