Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 10718892)

Not sure when it was changed but its very recent (last couple of months).

Arriving passengers no longer need to declare all food items.

You still need to declare meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, dairy items, fruit, and vegetables, but stuff like sweets, crisps and biscuits can now sail through undeclared :thumbsup:

The difference that made in Brisbane this morning was stunning. ONE counter open for declared items, with a queue of 6 people from the 9 international flights in at that time. Everyone else was just walking straight out, no Xrays, nothing. Landed at 5.20, and I was out at the pick up point by 5.45 :eek:

Thanks AQIS :thumbup:

Originally Posted by Dreamy (Post 10718896)

Oh! A bit of common sense!

Mind you, I can just see the scenes on Border Security now 'no, no, I didn't know it was seafood' will be their defence :D

Are the food dogs trained to just pick up on those particular foods, does anyone know? Or are they trained to pick up any foods?

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 10718892)

Not sure when it was changed but its very recent (last couple of months).

Arriving passengers no longer need to declare all food items.

You still need to declare meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, dairy items, fruit, and vegetables, but stuff like sweets, crisps and biscuits can now sail through undeclared :thumbsup:

The difference that made in Brisbane this morning was stunning. ONE counter open for declared items, with a queue of 6 people from the 9 international flights in at that time. Everyone else was just walking straight out, no Xrays, nothing. Landed at 5.20, and I was out at the pick up point by 5.45 :eek:

Thanks AQIS :thumbup:

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 10718892)

Not sure when it was changed but its very recent (last couple of months).

Arriving passengers no longer need to declare all food items.

You still need to declare meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, dairy items, fruit, and vegetables, but stuff like sweets, crisps and biscuits can now sail through undeclared :thumbsup:

The difference that made in Brisbane this morning was stunning. ONE counter open for declared items, with a queue of 6 people from the 9 international flights in at that time. Everyone else was just walking straight out, no Xrays, nothing. Landed at 5.20, and I was out at the pick up point by 5.45 :eek:

Thanks AQIS :thumbup:

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 10718892)

Not sure when it was changed but its very recent (last couple of months).

Arriving passengers no longer need to declare all food items.

You still need to declare meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, dairy items, fruit, and vegetables, but stuff like sweets, crisps and biscuits can now sail through undeclared :thumbsup:

The difference that made in Brisbane this morning was stunning. ONE counter open for declared items, with a queue of 6 people from the 9 international flights in at that time. Everyone else was just walking straight out, no Xrays, nothing. Landed at 5.20, and I was out at the pick up point by 5.45 :eek:

Thanks AQIS :thumbup:

Originally Posted by commonwealth (Post 10719005)

I always declare something and they just usually ask whats it i say chocolate or dried fruit, they just let me thru. If they find something then you have the defence of ticking yes neway.

Originally Posted by commonwealth (Post 10719005)

I always declare something and they just usually ask whats it i say chocolate or dried fruit, they just let me thru. If they find something then you have the defence of ticking yes neway.

Originally Posted by ABCD...... (Post 10719100)

That is the safest way, and WAS always the fastest.

Last time coming in to Brisbane I was asked what I had, and I said "Nuts", he said; "what type", my answer; "Packaged", his reply: "OK, off you go" and that was it.

The current forms were changed in November 2012.

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