OK, it's a very sweet thing to do but very naive, as you found out!
Actually, since they were frozen, they could have defrosted between you buying them and your luggage being put in the hold. There they would probably have re-frozen and then you could have got food poisoning, so you could think yourself lucky and thank Oz customs fr taking them away!
Edited by: bellart1
#20, could you please speak some sense, please?
And #21, can you speak some sense also?
Next!
Mine is very clear. Meat that has been frozen and defrosted and then refrozen can give you food poisoning. The hold on a plane is like a freezer and you would have bought your frozen meal several hours previously, presumably had it in a warm house, then a warm suitcase, then a warm airport and it would have defrosted. Then in the plane it would have refrozen.
What nonsense is there?
On a side note, I agree with Bellart.
I had an experiemnt, a bag of coins, passed xray.
On the plane, I surruptiously counted how much I had in coins value.
Guess what, those coins were icy cold, colder even than when they were on planet earth.
Never knew how cold it is, them coins. They were Aussie coins at that too.
Can't we just accept that best not to bring in foods and not spoil this branch.
I feel the WOS branchites are here already.
For 20 years I worked at the Government Laboratory that processes all seizures from Perth Airport (narcotics, food, fireworks etc.). You may be surprised to know how often illegal imports were hidden inside frozen meals and drinks. I recall finding a flick knife inside a tub of frozen yoghurt once, and 6 x .38 bullets in a tub of frozen pasta just to mention two cases I was involved in.
But even today when everything can be x-rayed, scanned and spot-tested, we know that pre-prepared meals can be cross-contaminated accidentaly and unknowingly with nuts, eggs, honey and anything else that's a banned import. So for the bio-safety of Aussie agriculure, I'm happy for AQIS and Customs to err on the side of caution.
This thread have reached the stage of particular oddity when a poster starts talking about hiding flick knives inside frozen products, i do think when it reaches this stage i better go.
