Meat of any sort including chicken or pork products (fresh, packaged, canned, vacuumed sealed, jarred) is not allowed. US Customs is very strict about this. Liquid milk and liquid dairy products – Not allowed unless intended to be used as feed for infants and children (butter is allowed).
Bringing Things Home in Your Luggage
You are allowed to take home $800 worth of items per person duty-free in your luggage, once every 30 days (family members can combine their individual $800 exemptions on a joint declaration).
Luckily, olive oil is one of the foods admissible for importing for personal use and can be brought back (checked, of course, and not in carry-on luggage) with very few restrictions.
Hard cured cheese such as parmesan or cheddar are generally admissible, soft cheeses such as brie and soft curd cheese and cheese in water(ricotta, feta, etc.) are not. Fish, if it is for your personal use, is generally admissible.
Bringing back Traditional Balsamic Vinegar.
Theoretically you could take it on the plane on your carry-on luggage as the content is 100 ml, however rather than confronting the check-in people with your precious black gold it would be a better option to store it in your checked-in luggage.
Cured hams (prosciutto, Serrano ham, Iberian ham) and salami from areas within France, Germany, Italy and Spain may not be brought into the United States by travelers. These items may only enter in commercial shipments because there are special restrictions that require additional certification and documentation.
Foreigners are not the only ones grateful for the pesto-preserving initiative. According to the airport, Genoese travelling out of Italy are delighted to find they can take the much-loved foodstuff along. There are some rules, however: Passengers can take either one 500g jar, or two jars up to 250g.
For the USA you are generally allowed 1 liter per person tax-free. There is no limit to wine you can bring back for personal use although it must be declared. Usually you will not be asked to pay duty on these but if so, it would be only about 2 USD per bottle.
US Customs and Border Protection's latest guidance explicitly states that "solid cheese that does not contain meat" is admissible. That means hard cheeses such as Parmigiano Reggiano and Pecorino, etc. are perfectly legitimate, provided you check they've not been flavoured with any kind of meat.
Answer: The transport of personal cash or equivalent items is permitted for overall amounts of less than 10,000 euro. In excess of this limit, it is necessary to complete a declaration, to be signed and lodged exclusively at the customs office when entering or leaving Italy.
You hardly need any cash at all. You can use your credit or debit card wherever there is a PoS (point of sale) machine. Your card needs to be on the Mastercard or VISA international network to function. (Most businesses in Italy refuse Amex and Diners because they charge too much commission.)
Italy duty free
If you are travelling from outside of the EU, you are entitled to buy fragrance, skincare, cosmetics, Champagne, wine, selected spirits, fashion accessories, gifts and souvenirs - all at tax-free equivalent prices.
Only a passport is needed to enter Italy from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and other European countries. No visas, no vaccinations (unless you're traveling from a known infected area). Getting through customs is typically a lax affair, with the customs officers barely taking notice of your presence.
For some cases, FFP2 or KN95 masks are required.
Alcohol. Up to 2.25 litres of alcoholic beverages (liquor, wine and champagne) per adult (passenger must be 18 years or over) can be brought into Australia duty-free.
Don't go over your duty free limits: General Goods: adults - AUD900, kids - AUD450, Alcohol - 2.25 litres, Tobacco - 25 cigarettes or 25g tobacco.
For flights into the United States, the duty-free limit for alcoholic beverages for personal use, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is one liter per passenger over age 21. A standard wine bottle holds 750 milliliters (mL)—just under the allowance.
Can you take food in hand luggage? Generally, as long as it's solid – yes. The main thing you need to remember, at least for now, is that you can't currently take liquids through security in your hand luggage in quantities over 100ml (and more than 1L in total).
Pasta, Noodles- provided they are non-meat containing. Rice- white rice, basmati rice, brown rice, husked rice, polished rice, rice flour. Only personal use amounts allowed, otherwise they will consider it for commercial use or sale. Flour- wheat, rice, oat and cornmeal.
Truffles and Truffle products
True truffles are actually quite perishable, but according to the US Customs & Border Patrol, they make the “General List of Approved Products,” meaning travelers are allowed to bring a small amount of truffles home from Italy into the United States as long as they are properly declared.
Food and Agricultural Products
Declare all agricultural products when entering the U.S. Cheese (only vacuum packed and pasteurized, no cheeses made of raw milk). Most Dutch cheeses like Gouda, Edam and Leerdam are allowed.
Checked Bags: Yes
Meat, seafood and other non-liquid food items are permitted in both carry-on and checked bags. If the food is packed with ice or ice packs in a cooler or other container, the ice or ice packs must be completely frozen when brought through screening.
In Italy, it is customary to serve leftovers the next day rather than throwing them away. You can ask your Italian host if you can box them up and take them home with you.