Food items restrictions
Are any food items (fruit,meat,etc) restricted from being brought in to Mexico?
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I am purchasing "queso chedar fuerte" in Costco, but I suspect not every warehouse carries it.
To me, Pollo Bachoco is an identical twin to Foster Farms. Some beef needs felony grade beating to render it palatable. Pure range beef can be so tough it is near impossible to masticate enough to swallow. No fooling bring one of those little hammers with the pyramid points to render Goodyear beef to edible status. Soaking overnight in the fridge submerged in fresh pure juice of the papaya also helps jackhammer tenderized beef. Costco has great beef but it cannot compete with tougher Mexican beef for price. If possible try before you purchase a bunch of purported "Sonoran" beef. When the USA started consuming food corn to ruin gasoline the price of alimento de granos de elote for Sonora beef shot way up. So some carnicerias catering to Americans liberalized the concept of truth in advertising.
I've not encountered free range "pollo" down here that did not cost almost twice as much as Bachoco "Foster Farms". But the flavor is incredibly better and most Mexicans are jealous of their source. Same goes for free range eggs - higher price per dozen, most are small to medium, but yolks are almost orange and like the meat the superb taste will ruin you forever.
It's tough to stumble across mediocre pork. Whole ham is not common in stores. Neither is other "exotic" meats like carnero (lamb) or veal. When you do find them it may rattle your wallet.
Mexican Customs has the perfect excuse for hunting down illegal beef. Vaca Loca. Mad Cow, disease. Relevant or not this is the barrier to stop imported by RV beef. The 10,000,000 chicken killer virus of a few years ago is the reason for it's prohibition along with eggs.
Citrus fruits are particularly targeted just about everywhere.
Not only is stuff examined at the border there are numerous "Regional" inspection points where agricultural items are denied passage. It's a good idea to talk to RV park neighbors while on a long trip to avoid losing a refrigerator full of freshly purchased produce. A couple of examples are southbound stations at the border of Baja California and Baja California Sur, and the station near the border of Sinaloa and Sonora. There are many of these scattered throughout the country, usually at state lines. The knotheads will even take unopened Kirkland Signature cartons of salad labelled in Spanish with a "Factura" an official government recognized sales receipt taped to the container.
I "go with the flow" and buy regional. When I travel the refrigerator has stuff like juice, prepared cassaroles and the like. Arguing with 6th grade educated agricultural "inspectors" is unproductive. They make international border inspectors look like geniuses.
To me, Pollo Bachoco is an identical twin to Foster Farms. Some beef needs felony grade beating to render it palatable. Pure range beef can be so tough it is near impossible to masticate enough to swallow. No fooling bring one of those little hammers with the pyramid points to render Goodyear beef to edible status. Soaking overnight in the fridge submerged in fresh pure juice of the papaya also helps jackhammer tenderized beef. Costco has great beef but it cannot compete with tougher Mexican beef for price. If possible try before you purchase a bunch of purported "Sonoran" beef. When the USA started consuming food corn to ruin gasoline the price of alimento de granos de elote for Sonora beef shot way up. So some carnicerias catering to Americans liberalized the concept of truth in advertising.
I've not encountered free range "pollo" down here that did not cost almost twice as much as Bachoco "Foster Farms". But the flavor is incredibly better and most Mexicans are jealous of their source. Same goes for free range eggs - higher price per dozen, most are small to medium, but yolks are almost orange and like the meat the superb taste will ruin you forever.
It's tough to stumble across mediocre pork. Whole ham is not common in stores. Neither is other "exotic" meats like carnero (lamb) or veal. When you do find them it may rattle your wallet.
Mexican Customs has the perfect excuse for hunting down illegal beef. Vaca Loca. Mad Cow, disease. Relevant or not this is the barrier to stop imported by RV beef. The 10,000,000 chicken killer virus of a few years ago is the reason for it's prohibition along with eggs.
Citrus fruits are particularly targeted just about everywhere.
Not only is stuff examined at the border there are numerous "Regional" inspection points where agricultural items are denied passage. It's a good idea to talk to RV park neighbors while on a long trip to avoid losing a refrigerator full of freshly purchased produce. A couple of examples are southbound stations at the border of Baja California and Baja California Sur, and the station near the border of Sinaloa and Sonora. There are many of these scattered throughout the country, usually at state lines. The knotheads will even take unopened Kirkland Signature cartons of salad labelled in Spanish with a "Factura" an official government recognized sales receipt taped to the container.
I "go with the flow" and buy regional. When I travel the refrigerator has stuff like juice, prepared cassaroles and the like. Arguing with 6th grade educated agricultural "inspectors" is unproductive. They make international border inspectors look like geniuses.
