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Does anyone know anything about quarantine permits so as you can import food product from the US.
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Its a small animal treat made by company called F M Browns and its only available in the US as far as I know. They also cater for birds as well. Its what I would term "high end"gourmet type treats and foods for pets.
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For anyone interested it was called Tropical Carnival Sweet Potato Baked Crisp Chips. Suitable for all small animals.
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Jeez, I wanna be reincarnated in my next life as one of Michelle's pets!
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Yep me too, they sound delish.  

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It was sent thru the GSP. The seller said in that case parcel shouldn't have been inspected by customs

 

I don't know why the seller is so naive as to think that would be correct. As mentioned above any and all parcels could be inspected by customs. 

 

There are customs inspections ( GST evaders if over $1000 etc) and Quarantine Inspections.. checking for imported restricted or prohibited items.. two different depts aren't they?

 

 

I am sure whoever inspected your parcel rejected it for a very good reason...it a was restricted or prohibited item.

 

 

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Looks like this product isn't that good for small animals anyway.

 

Ingredients: Sweet Potato Flour, Rice Flour, Salt and Annatto

 

From a Guinea pig blog

 

Product Review: Brown's Tropical Carnival Sweet Potato Baked Crisp Chips

 

There are two ingredients we have concerns about here. First, there's rice flour. Guinea Lynx warns that rice flour should be avoided in pellets because it's a byproduct with no nutrient value.

 

Second, there is annatto, which Wikipedia says "is derived from the seeds of the achiote trees of tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The seeds are sourced to produce a carotenoid-based yellow to orange food coloring and flavor." Guinea Links also warns that seeds should be avoided because they're too high in fat and protein, and that food coloring should also be avoided.

 

Much as it pains us to turn down a treat, we're going to have to err on the side of caution and insist that our humans not tempt us with this treat due to these questionable ingredients. We'll have to give Brown's Tropical Carnival Sweet Potato Baked Crisp Chips 1 out of 5 stars

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It's called killing your pets with kindness.
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Or spoiling them to death.

 

Maybe there is a reason these treats are not available in Australia.

 

There are plenty of overseas pet foods and treats that are imported so I would say that there are probably good reasons for not importing others.

No point in skiting that you import food for your animals if you are likely to kill them.

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And as for your little scientific finding am3 which is based on what! Im really scratchin my head on this one. Where is that info from. Some little nobody who decided to do a post on it on google about basically a load of utte **bleep**.
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I would have thought it pretty standard for someone to look overseas to source a particular item if it is not available

in Australia - or not available at a reasonable price (read: within someone's budget). I have done it myself over

the years.

 

Yes, it may be michellebartley and michellebartley might seem to ask a lot of questions BUT if there is ONE thing

that sticks out like dog gonads to me - michellebartley does not seem to stoop to the same levels that some of the regular

posters do with their condescending/patronizing comments??

 

It is like some of you just can't wait to pounce......gets a bit old.....

 

ps michellebartley, I used your first post simply to reply, it is aimed at your 'apparent' fans and knockers

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