Cruise tourists: Forbidden souvenir: don't bring whale meat from Norway

Even if the whale salami still looks so tasty: anyone who brings them from Norway's holiday must expect consequences. The import of whale meat into the EU is forbidden. There is a threat of a procedure.

In Bremerhaven customs have discovered whale salami in the luggage of crusaders. The souvenir is strictly forbidden in the EU – there is a threat of criminal proceedings.

Although it is prohibited worldwide to catch whales, commercial whaling is still carried out in Norway, Iceland and Japan, which is what travelers in Norway need to bear in mind.

Even if the Walsalami looks so tasty: anyone who brings it from Norway's holiday must expect consequences. The import of whale meat into the EU is forbidden. There is a threat of a procedure.The customs warns travellers to import whale meat from Norway as a souvenir to Germany. "We always find forbidden whale meat in their luggage," says a spokesman of the authority. Only recently the customs ensured four packages for cruise tourists in Bremerha…