HELP NEEDED CAN WE CARRY BAGPACK???????

[just_do_it]

so you are also suggesting OP(well sub OP) to check with CBSA and their airline to see if OP can bring in a bottle of jam into canada? don't talk about other countries this is canada forum. OP wants to bring in a bottle of jam it is his decision to bring jam or not , you don't carry jam doesn't mean everyone shouldn't carry jam either . Now tell me what do you suggest ? I think you did not read the complete string of posts and just read my last post.

What i am saying is does the OP really need to carry a bottle of Jam all the way from his country? Is it a special Jam that he will not be able to buy in Canada? What is it made of? These are questions he may have to answer if the customs go through his bags and find a jar of 'jam'. If he can't answer them, they will take it from him. so ultimately, the question is does he really need to go through the trouble for a jar of jam?

As for what is allowed and what is not, i can't say neither can you, he will have to check with CBSA and their website lists everything. All i know is some food items are allowed (its a very grey area and everybody has their own perception of what is food and what is not) but he has to declare them.The airlines dont care as long as Indian customs clear his baggage.

If the OP is really hell bent on carrying a jar of jam, i would suggest packing it in his checked baggage and bubble wrapping it (unless he wants his precious jam all over his clothes).

For further ideas about how CBSA deals with things, i would suggest watching 'Border Security' on youtube.
http://natgeotv.com/ca/border-security

For laughs and kicks, watch the australian version of this show and you will get an idea of the amount of 'food' asians try to smuggle into the country without declaring it.

 

[scylla]

You like to get people scared don't you? Your working life was based on crossing borders then u should know very well that any packaged food or processed food is ok to carry without any trouble. There is never a line at customs as they pull aside people they want to check and let everyone else go through. You are making stuff up.

Just because the food is packaged does not necessarily make it OK. I travel extensively (and was born in Canada) and can tell you that I've seen several instances of bags being searched (once it was my husband's) and packaged food being confiscated.

The list of allowed / not allowed foods changes regularly. The OP should check the link previously provided just before traveling and see if the jam is OK based on the last update and he must declare that he has the jam when he enters Canada. Worst case scenario, the jam will be confiscated (if he has declared the jam). If he does not declare the jam and customs finds it, then the worst case scenario is that it will be confiscated and he may be fined. The jam will definitely have to be placed in checked luggage. It won't be allowed as carry-on. If he tries to take the jam as carry-on, it will be confiscated by the airport security before he even gets on the plane.

 

[Pippin]

I carried in hand luggage exactly the same items on flights between London-Copenhagen-Amsterdam-Minneapolis-Vancouver. It wasn't until I hit Minneapolis that my bag got yanked aside and sat for five minutes before security approached me with the usual chatup line "Is this your bag? Did you pack it? Do you know what is in it? Has it been in your sight the while time?" Yes on all counts. My mind was racing. What could be the issue? It had been through so many sec clearances already! I asked, "What is wrong?" as she opened the zipper with gloved hands. "There's a round, dense object that we can't identify." That's when I started to smile. Aha!! It was the Christmas pudding I'd purchased at Fortnum & Mason in July!!! I guess they weren't expecting flying puddings at that time of year, but I did find it strange that the reaction to the X-ray of that bag was so different in the US.