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I tried to google this in various wording and I can't seem to get a simple answer to my question. Can you legally transport game meat from Africa to the United States? If so what are the rough per pound cost?


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As far as I know, it cannot be done. At all.


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Eat a whole bunch of it before you board your plane for home. Cost per pound is zip, and it's all legal.

Otherwise, it ain't likely to happen, at least legally.


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If you want to eat some African game meat,go hunt in Texas. wink


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I was also told that it was illegal. It doesn't belong to you anyway, it belongs to the landowner.

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Originally Posted by Stick1330
I tried to google this in various wording and I can't seem to get a simple answer to my question. Can you legally transport game meat from Africa to the United States? If so what are the rough per pound cost?


No. Even if you bring a bag of biltong home the little beagles in ATL will sniff it out and it will be gone.

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You can buy it in London. Not USDA inspected therefore not legal in the USA.

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Attempting this will be a nightmare of epic proportions. I think it would be less stress to have a bag of Meth.

The enforcement of this is significant and painful. Just eat a belly full and enjoy it in Africa. No packaging will hide it from the beagle. No excuse will suffice, you are simply put..... screwed ......big time ....if you are caught with meat when you arrive.

In my frequent travels I have seen them catch a dozen or more people and escort them to the "private" office for processing. Don't forget to check all your bags for anything you may have forgotten. Specifically daypacks you use every day while you are there that may have fruit or meat in them for the days hunt. Inspect every pocket and shake out the crumbs.

That beagle will check you and it does not miss anything. It's found smells in my bag that had meat a week ago, or blood stains only. They searched me up and down before I could make my connection.


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Pre-packaged biltong is OK or at least I have not had it confiscated.


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Good luck with that!

Not worth the risk when they tell you straight up NO BILTONG

I'm never gonna suggest this as an option to one of my hunters. We all have a different comfort level regarding the interpretation of the law. I don't screw with these folks when a connection is pending and they tell you " NO BILTONG" that's a clear enough statement to me to be very definitive.
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USDA establishes agricultural import regulations to prevent the introduction of potentially devastating animal and plant pests and diseases into the United States. South Africa is affected by foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which is a major foreign disease of concern for U.S. animal agriculture. Because of this, anyone importing cured and dried meat from South Africa, including biltong, for personal consumption or otherwise, needs to obtain a valid meat inspection certificate for the product while in South Africa. This certificate must accompany the importation into the United States and must have been issued by an authorized official of the national government of the country of origin as cited in Title 9, Code of Federal regulations, part 94.4(a)(4). The certificate must state that the meat has been processed according to all of the following conditions:
• All bones were completely removed in the country of origin.
• The meat was held in an unfrozen, fresh condition for at least 3 days immediately following the slaughter of the animals from which it was derived.
• The meat was thoroughly cured and fully dried to the extent that the product is shelf stable without refrigeration.
• The meat was dried to the extent that the water-to-protein ratio in the wet-test portion of the product does not exceed 2.25 to 1

You must have the certificate in your possession when you enter the United States with the biltong, or otherwise the product will be seized by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspectors at the U.S. port of entry. The entry procedure the CBP inspector will refer to is found in USDA’s Animal Products Manual on Table 3-12-20: “Cured and Dried Meat of Ruminants from a Country Known to Be Affected with Only FMD.” If you wish to review this reference, you can access the Animal Products Manual at www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/downloads/apm.pdf. Please also be aware that the import of any amount of dried meat over 50 pounds will also be referred to for inspection by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

If you have any questions, or require further information related to imports of animal products or by-products, please contact National Center for Import and Export at (301) 851-3300, or send an e-mail to AskNCIE.Productsaphis.usda.gov.
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If you have the capacity to gather this up before you come home with a package of biltong, you're a way better man then I am!


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JJ Good advice. I wasn't intentionally smuggling just forgot it was in my luggage.


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My wife and I ate just about every kind of African game meat there is, while we were there for the month of August.
It was absolutely delicious, but you can NOT bring anything back home, except horns and hide.

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Originally Posted by Tejano
Pre-packaged biltong is OK or at least I have not had it confiscated.


The wife had a bit of trouble getting her Trusted Traveler because she had tried to bring back a small bag of lamb flavored chips from London and it was on her record. They are serious about meat products or byproducts.


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As everybody has said, ya can't, and it's not worth the risk.


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