CDM

Whilst at Costco recently, I bought several boxes of various types of chocolate confectionary bars to put into the container. Has anyone had any problems bringing this sort of thing through?

I've sent an e-mail to AQIS asking for the official word but I'm curious to hear if anyone has any experience one way or the other.

- CDM

Pollyana

Chocolate is fine. Just declare it, because it is food, but you won't have a problem getting it past AQIS.

CDM

Thanks :-) That's a relief as I've already packed those boxes!

- CDM

sonlymewalter

I did the same as my OH is a chocoholic and was soooo looking fwd to the container, not because of our lifes worth of goods, but his bloody chocolate

When it finally arrived it was ruined

We think the humidity during transit may have made it go off

Maybe it might help if you put it into plastic containers.

CDM

Thanks for the tip but I'm one step ahead of you on that. They are in their original thick cardboard boxes, which are wrapped inside tough plastic bin-liners that are tie-wrapped closed (pretty much air-tight), which are in turn packed into plastic crates with closed lids. I also have 20g silica gel dessecant packets in each crate. For those crates with perishables, I'm also going to shrink-wrap them. You can never be too careful with chocolate!

- CDM

sonlymewalter

You deserve for them to arrive good mate.

Enjoy

Hoola

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You deserve for them to arrive good mate.

Only thing is they might melt! but otherwise very good precautions with packaging.

We had our record collection melt on us. UK to Perth in July (winter season) which I thought was strange, not even that hot...