I'm mailing a package to France, and as always it amused me to check out the "prohibited" list. You are not allowed to send any of the following:
Okay, so much of that makes sense. But feeding bottles? If I didn't know better, I'd say that France must be extremely pro-breastfeeding. Measuring instruments marked in units not complying with French law? Maybe they take their metric system very seriously. Saccharine in tablets or packets? Quart jars are okay then? Interesting to have baby bottles, rulers, and sweeteners in the same category as ammunition and radioactive materials!Arms, ammunition. Cigarette lighters using butane gas. Feeding bottles. Funeral urns. Goods bearing false marks of French manufacture or origin. Imitation pearls containing lead salts and any articles of jewelry made with pearls of this type. Measuring instruments marked in units not complying with French law. Perishable infectious biological substances except as noted in Restrictions below. Perishable noninfectious biological substances except as noted under Restriction below. Radioactive materials. Saccharine in tablets or packets. Live plants and animals. Arms and weapons. Human remains.
