Bringing Food, Plants, and Animals into the USA
» General List of Approved Products
Guide Sections ...   • Introduction   • One Piece Can Spell Danger   • Declarations & Fines   • Fruits, Veggies, & Plants   • Meat & Animal Products   • Live Animals and Birds   • Other Bio Materials   • Soil, Sand, Shells ...   • What You Can Bring Back Approved Items:     • General List     • From Canada     • From Mexico     • From Hawaii     • From Puerto Rico     • From Virgin Islands   • Appendix 1 - Information Contacts This list covers products from all areas except Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Bamboo, dried poles only, no green at all Beads made of seeds (but not jequirity beans) Breads, cakes, cookies, and other bakery goods Candies Cheeses, hard, fully cured (but not cottage cheeses) Coconuts (but husks or milk must be removed) Coffee, roasted beans only Dried foods, including milled rice, beans, and tea Fish Flower bulbs (but not crocosomia, gladiolus, and watsonia bulbs from Africa, Argentina, Brazil, France, Italy, Malta, Mauritius, Portugal, or Uruguay) Flowers, most fresh or dried kinds (but not with roots), except eucalyptus Fruits, canned or dried products only Herbarium plants (but not witchweed) Herbs, dried, for medicinal use Mushrooms Nuts (but not chestnuts or acorns or nuts with outer husks) Sauces, canned or processed Seaweed Seeds (Seeds of flowers and vegetables are generally enterable. Seeds of woody trees and shrubs require a nursery stock permit from PPQ.) Shamrocks, without roots or soil Soup and soup mixes (but not those containing meat) Spices, dried (but not curry leaves) Straw animals, hats, baskets, and other souvenirs (but not items stuffed with straw) Vegetables, canned or processed