[Lfm] Importing Drosophila from US to UK by FEDEX

[Dionne, Marc S]

Package destruction is still sporadic - many get through.

If the description on the customs form says "Drosophila food", and it happens to have some eggs in it (how do these things happen, anyway?) the package will often get through.

> On 18 Jan 2017, at 12:27, Sousa-Nunes, Rita <rita.sousa-nunes at kcl.ac.uk> wrote:
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> Hi James,
> 
> I always ask colleagues to post by regular mail because of the risk of FEDEX “package destruction” at UK airports.
> 
> The US company Bestgene use DHL, I believe, without problem.
> 
> Good luck with it,
> 
> Rita
> 
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>> On 18 Jan 2017, at 12:24, James Hodge <James.Hodge at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> Hi
>> Has anybody managed to successfully do this?
>> How?
>> Is it possible with a UK International regulation on fly transport form?
>> Thanks
>> James
>> 
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