prohibited food items going into Canada
We are going into Canada (Maritimes) next week and still are unsure what food items are prohibited crossing the border into Canada. Has anyone made the crossing recently? thanks for your help
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Years ago, I crossed by boat at Bamfield. A sign at the dock directed us to an address a block up the street for customs. We knocked on the door, and a harried-looking young woman came to the door with a couple of toddlers hanging on her apron. We told her we wanted to clear customs, and she got the forms and asked us all the questions. We were cleared on all items until she came to, "Do you have any potatoes on board?" I said, "Yes, we have a ten pound bag of potatoes." She pondered a minute and then said, "If I were you, I would go back to the boat and make a big potato salad." I told her, "That was my plan from the very start." She handed us the papers and told us to enjoy our stay in Canada. We did.
