Can I bring American ginseng slices from China to New Zealand?

The following items are prohibited from entering New Zealand because they may carry animal and plant pests and viruses:

1) Dairy products: milk, cheese, milk powder, butter, ghee and three-in-one milk beverage.

2) Eggs and egg products: fresh eggs, cooked eggs, salted eggs, preserved eggs, marinated eggs and egg boxes.

3) Fresh vegetables and fruits.

4) Freshwater fish: fresh fish, frozen fish, salted fish and dried fish, such as salmon and trout (except stuffing).

5) Bee products: bees, pollen, propolis, beehive, royal jelly, beehive, honey syrup, etc.

6) Medicinal animal products: such as bird's nest, antlers, deer penis, bear gall, dried reptiles (such as dried snakes and lizards), chicken's gizzard-membrane, etc.

7) Meat and meat products: sausages, fresh and cooked products including snacks (except canned products). For example: ham, beef jerky, pork breast, meat candy, brine chicken, roast duck, bacon moon cakes, etc.

8) Rare animals and plants and their products (including important things, jewelry, souvenirs, handicrafts and antiques): The common species protected by CITES are American ginseng, radix aucklandiae, gastrodia elata, musk, tortoise plastron, bear gall and antelope horn.

Tiger bones, rhinoceros horns, seals, pangolins, and some snakes, toads, corals, ivory and so on.

9) In addition, there are:

Animals: insects, pets, ornamental fish, birds, turtles, eggs, etc.

Plants: whole plant, slice, bulb, bulb, rhizome, tuber, etc.

Flower arrangement, garland, garland material.

Undeveloped corn and straw packaging materials.

Soil, holy water

Biological cultures and organisms, biological products, animal products, food, animal medicines and vaccines, food additives, pesticides, pesticides, etc.

New Zealand immigration control products:

The following articles need to be quarantined by the quarantine officer of the Ministry of Interior and Forestry (MAF) of New Zealand, and some articles need to undergo specific quarantine treatment before entering New Zealand safely:

1) seeds, in any form, including finished products in commercial packaging.

2) Plant products: nuts, Chinese herbal medicines, condiments and soups. For example: walnut kernel, medlar, soybean, sorghum, millet, wheat, dried tangerine peel, honeysuckle, dangshen, lotus seed, lily, mushrooms, fungus and so on.

3) Food, various types. (greedy friends should pay attention)

4) dried flowers, fruits and vegetables, dried flower baskets, branches and leaves, pine cones and pine nut shells.

5) Pots or bottles of wheat straw, wheat straw, rice straw handicrafts, fragrant flowers and white flowers. Wood carving, basket, bamboo and rattan products, etc.

6) Outdoor camping and sports equipment: such as tents, shoes, football shoes, golf shoes, etc.

7) Veterinary appliances, equipment and appliances related to livestock, saddles and riding appliances, birdcages, freshwater fishing gear, used bait, cross-country bicycles, etc.

8) Animal products: animal skins, furs (such as drums, erhu and other musical instruments), feathers, animal specimens, animal bones, horns and teeth, game exhibits, unprocessed wool, animal hair, leather shell handicrafts, etc.