Can I send canned food through the mail ( from Germany to the U.S. ) ?

Answer 1

that you should call the us postal service and ask questions

Answer 2

Yes, you can, but not everything! For example anything with (or of) meat is not allowed!

I am a vegtarian, and so I don't care about the meat restrictions. My sister sends me german food all the time, since I cannot get certain things her in the USA. Anything sealed goes through (except meat).

The travel time can be long, depending on what postage level you choose. 10 kg is the best offer they have, about 42 Euros (compare: 5 kg for 32 Euros!), so we always send 10 kg.

IMPORTANT: the german post will try to convince you to mail it "AIRWAY" (Luftpost), but that will cost a fortune and is a trick. EVERY mail (really, everything) will be flown from Frankfurt/Main to the US, wether you pay the normal price or the AIRMAIL price. The only difference is the treatment in the US. With your extra-fees (they claim!) you are buying the airfare in the US. I would not believe that. Or at least not rely on that. What do american postal workers know about german stickers on a parcel?

I live in PA, and our parcels are landing in New York City, from there it goes via trucks to us. We had parcels arriving in 7 days and others in 6 weeks. But both were exceptions, the normal case is exactly 2 weeks.

Important also: absolute good packing. I have seen parcels where people just throw in some stuff, close the lid, glue it tight and think, the post will take care of it. They seem to believe their parcel will be taken from one human hand to another human hand.
Well, nothing could be more wrong. Parcels are being handled automatically by computers, and they are selected and separated (by destination), and very often your parcel is falling 3 or 5 meters deep (3 meters are about 10 feet). Your parcel must keep up with that! So, anything of glass needs serious bubble-wrap, and a lot of stuffing. You must severely shake the parcel, and nothing must be moving inside - then it is safe. We do that for years now, and had no breakage yet.

You can send alcohol in certain limits, which I don't know exactly. But we had always like 3 bottles in the box and always got it through without any problems.

Just once we had something confiscated: the cat treats! I had bever thought about that before, but of course those are made with meat. As a vegetarian I always make sure it is very obvious written everywhere in all declarations that my meatlike-products are fake-meat (wheat items), but I had never even thought about the cat treats, those were real. They were taken out by the Americans and they left a note in the parcel to inform me. Strangely enough, the treats with fish they left inside...

Always declare everything as a gift (birtyhday gift, holiday gift, they will never check anybody's real birthday!), to make sure the recipient is not paying taxes.

Answer 3

You can send most any food product that is packaged for long shelf-life. I lived in Germany and mailed many canned goods and other items vacuum-packed or foil-sealed: even glass jars. However, glass can break and damage other goods. Some items though, such as canned beer, are subject to custom duties. Since you have to declare contents of package, it's best to honestly list the items. To do otherwise is a crime. I think each post office, here and abroad have pamphlets available which provide a listing of prohibited items (includes any food and consummables).

Answer 4

Flu pictures aren't any more needed. in spite of the indisputable fact that, in Texas, Governor Rick Perry DID briefly make it needed for all females below the age of 18 to receive a vaccine designed to wrestle HPV, a sexually transmitted disease (in the different case conventional as genital warts) that would often times convey about cervical maximum cancers, if no longer dealt with. the father and mom pushed again, and the mandate became repealed. The flu shot does no longer immediately make you immune, it introduces the virus into your equipment, so your body can produce antibodies to wrestle it, could you come back in contact with it a second time. I easily have not heard some thing conserving that there'll be needed inoculations for the flu virus. in spite of the indisputable fact that, we've already got a lengthy record of circumstances that we mandate human beings be dealt with for earlier being allowed to enter college, go away the rustic or attend such issues as summer camps, retreats, etc.

Answer 5

Sure you can, I send food from England all of the time. Just don't send to much at a time and make it to heavy. And pack it well so it doesn't rattle around as I've heard that they may check your package if someone hears metal clanging around and its super heavy.

Answer 6

I believe you can. Of course you will have to put the food on the list of things you send in the post office. My friends' mom send them teas, pies, chocolates from Russia

Answer 7

yes