Confiscated Food...

[dacruiser12]

Every time we disembarked/embarked @ an island (Caribbean) I noticed that there was a large bin of confiscated fruit just before you left pier/entered ship. I was wondering, what do they do with it? If it does not get incinerated &. gets tossed into landfill/compost it completely negates the purpose of not allowing these items into the country or back home.

[Gunner22aa]

I would think that it stays in the country of origin. What happens to it after that is anybodies guess.

[UPGrandma]

They do it to prevent various bugs, fruit flies, etc from getting out of or onto another island.

[calliopecruiser]

I was wondering, what do they do with it? If it does not get incinerated &. gets tossed into landfill/compost it completely negates the purpose of not allowing these items into the country or back home.

 

The purpose is to keep it from entering the ship and so being removed from that island, so whether it gets burned, tossed in the compost, or eaten by a dog, the purpose is still fulfilled. The issue isn't whether or not it is contaminated with insects or germs, but whether or not any of any contaminate is transferred to a new location (where it could cause a lot of damage to people and crops with no immunity to that contaminate).

[1025cruise]

I would assume it gets incinerated.

[OCruisers]

Once we saw the bin being carrying back on the ship so assume they destroy it some way are other on the ship.

 

LuLu

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[rvsullivan]

The purpose is to keep it from entering the ship and so being removed from that island, so whether it gets burned, tossed in the compost, or eaten by a dog, the purpose is still fulfilled. The issue isn't whether or not it is contaminated with insects or germs, but whether or not any of any contaminate is transferred to a new location (where it could cause a lot of damage to people and crops with no immunity to that contaminate).

 

 

I think the OP is talking about the food that is taken from the ships guests as they leave the ship. In Cozumel three weeks ago they had huge containers of ships food that they had confiscated. Don't want any nasty stuff from the U.S. entering Mexico.

[packedandready]

We were on a flight to Jamaica a while back and a couple we met at the airport had a large ziplock bag of strawberries confiscated. As we were leaving the area we noticed that a couple of security guards were off in a corner eatting them.:p

[sail7seas]

The purpose is to keep it from entering the ship and so being removed from that island, so whether it gets burned, tossed in the compost, or eaten by a dog, the purpose is still fulfilled. The issue isn't whether or not it is contaminated with insects or germs, but whether or not any of any contaminate is transferred to a new location (where it could cause a lot of damage to people and crops with no immunity to that contaminate).

 

 

The reference is to fruit taken off the ship and people attempting to bring it with them as they tour the island. If there are bugs or larvae in/on that fruit, it could be disaster for local agriculture.

 

I can't speak for other cruise lines but I know for sure HAL permits us to bring food aboard the ship from ports but we cannot bring food off the ship in almost any port. Manufacturer sealed crackers and such are permitted in some ports but not all. Fresh fruit is not permitted to be brought ashore in just about any port.