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Can you take poppy seeds on a plane?
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Banned as an opium-poppy product in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Singapore: travelers have received 4-10 year sentences in Dubai for cooking-quantity bags of seeds, and one man was jailed over seeds stuck to his clothes from a bread roll. An ordinary baking ingredient at home is drug possession there.
Guidance, not legal advice — rules vary by country and airline; the final say belongs to the airline, security screening, and customs.
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