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BobTheSubgenius

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10. And yet, after a vacation in The UK and France, I had items confiscated by Customs.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 01:00 PM

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Food preparation standards in the UK (at least, at that time - 84) didn't meet Canadian standards. It was vacuum-packed pate bought at Harrod's.

On a similar, but different note, I had packaged potato salad confiscated on my trip home from Ottawa to Vancouver, in case it was some kind of plastic explosive. This was post-911, of course.

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And yet, after a vacation in The UK and France, I had items confiscated by Customs. BobTheSubgenius Monday #10