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gull
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response 25 of 38:
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Jun 21 16:00 UTC 2002 |
Not in the same way that, say, meat or fruit is.
My aunt used to FedEx us fresh sourdough bread from San Francisco, on
special occasions.
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aruba
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response 26 of 38:
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Jun 21 16:41 UTC 2002 |
You can certainly send meat and fruit through the mail, though. Otherwise
Hickory Farms would be out of business.
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janc
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response 27 of 38:
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Jun 21 16:43 UTC 2002 |
I think they mean perishable, as in, likely to perish and generate a
big stink before they can deliver it. Mailing cookies is a time
honored tradition.
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mynxcat
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response 28 of 38:
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Jun 21 16:50 UTC 2002 |
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gull
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response 29 of 38:
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Jun 21 17:29 UTC 2002 |
Hickory farms sells cured meats, like sausage. I think mailing, say, raw
meat would be out of the question.
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brighn
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response 30 of 38:
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Jun 21 17:42 UTC 2002 |
If you go to http://pe.usps.gov/ and do a search of all documents on
"food", you get a few links that appear to address the issue. I'd post specific
info myself, but it's in PDF files and I can't read those at work.
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orinoco
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response 31 of 38:
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Jun 21 21:43 UTC 2002 |
Zingerman's sends brownies through the mail all the time. It is definitely
legal, and the brownies come through pretty well. If I remember right, they
wrap them in plastic which they do not seal all the way, and pack them into
a box full of... I think it was full of the same material they make grass
skirts out of, actually, but styrofoam peanuts or newspaper would've done just
as well.
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brighn
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response 32 of 38:
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Jun 21 22:03 UTC 2002 |
A key phrase from the USPS's website info:
"Mailable perishable matter may be sent through the mail only ifit can reach
its destination in good condition in the normal transit time between the
mailing and address points. Mailable perishable foods that **do not rapidly
decay or generate obnoxious odors in the mail** may be sent at the mailer's
risk."
(key phrase highlighted)
I think their concernis clear. They don't want to be handling some stinky
mail. Brownies don't stink, and when they go bad, they just get inedible, they
don't tend to mold or otherwise violate the USPS's condition.
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janc
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response 33 of 38:
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Jun 22 01:08 UTC 2002 |
Golly, I figured out their regulations by pure common sense. It's nice when
it works out that way. Sane bureaucracies are a wonderful thing.
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bru
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response 34 of 38:
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Jun 22 03:25 UTC 2002 |
Well, when I sent my son cookies, the postal worker mentioned that ir was a
violation of the postal code, but said as long as I didn't tell him it would
be fine.
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aruba
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response 35 of 38:
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Jun 22 04:51 UTC 2002 |
Sounds like maybe he was pulling your leg.
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mdw
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response 36 of 38:
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Jun 22 05:37 UTC 2002 |
Only thing I can suggest is to be real careful about anything like those
pesky flour moths. My grandmother managed to mail some to my parents,
who didn't manage to eradicate them until I had moved away to college,
which somehow meant that I ended up with an infestation of them years
later in my house. I *think* I'm rid of them, finally, today.
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goose
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response 37 of 38:
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Jun 24 13:21 UTC 2002 |
We used to get Omaha Steaks in the mail. Meat that was frozen, then packed
in dry ice. By the time the steaks got to us the dry ice was gone or nearly
gone, but the steaks were still totally frozen. This was 20 years ago.
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slynne
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response 38 of 38:
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Jun 27 17:24 UTC 2002 |
Those Omaha Steaks are pretty good for frozen meat.
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