How much baby formula can I bring to Cambodia?

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Re: How much baby formula can I bring to Cambodia?

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fax wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:06 am
PSD-Kiwi wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:48 am Prescriptions for baby formula! In what "real countries"?
Countries like England, Ireland and Sweden for example require a prescription for baby formula. There's the whole WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes code to take into account among others, which they care about here too by the way.

Apparently in New Zealand you need to sign a form of consent in order for the maternity hospital to feed your kids powder.
The Waitemata District Health Board, which runs maternity units at its North Shore and Waitakere hospitals, is among 18 DHBs nationally to require completion of an informed consent document before a baby is fed formula.
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fax wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:06 am
PSD-Kiwi wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:48 am Prescriptions for baby formula! In what "real countries"?
Countries like England, Ireland and Sweden for example require a prescription for baby formula.
They also require a prescription to have a shit. In short, they are ferked nanny states. They are not 'real' countries. Cambodia is a real country.
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How many cans of formula can you fit up your ass? Why are you bringing formula? Similac is Singaporean made and about $23 a can, or you can have the fancy French stuff which is about 30. Every supermarket stocks them.
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Apparently in New Zealand you need to sign a form of consent in order for the maternity hospital to feed your kids powder.
The Waitemata District Health Board, which runs maternity units at its North Shore and Waitakere hospitals, is among 18 DHBs nationally to require completion of an informed consent document before a baby is fed formula.
That is not a prescription, that is just getting consent from the mother to give their baby formula, not all mothers want their children to drink formula.
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Just give the kid a beer, and they will be all set.
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cptrelentless wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:16 pm How many cans of formula can you fit up your ass? Why are you bringing formula? Similac is Singaporean made and about $23 a can, or you can have the fancy French stuff which is about 30. Every supermarket stocks them.
It's few years since I bought any, but there has been a wide range of formulas available here since long before my kid was born. The Similac I used to buy was actually produced in Ireland, although it's a US brand. Dumex is another one, there's even a neighbourhood here called Psah Dumex because there was once a factory for the stuff there. So there is no need to bring any unless it's much cheaper abroad, and I'm not sure there is any considerable difference. I might be wrong.
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John Bingham wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:25 pm
cptrelentless wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:16 pm How many cans of formula can you fit up your ass? Why are you bringing formula? Similac is Singaporean made and about $23 a can, or you can have the fancy French stuff which is about 30. Every supermarket stocks them.
It's few years since I bought any, but there has been a wide range of formulas available here since long before my kid was born. The Similac I used to buy was actually produced in Ireland, although it's a US brand. Dumex is another one, there's even a neighbourhood here called Psah Dumex because there was once a factory for the stuff there. So there is no need to bring any unless it's much cheaper abroad, and I'm not sure there is any considerable difference. I might be wrong.
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newkidontheblock wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:44 am I’ve been asked to bring baby formula. Apparently brand not available in the KOW. Flying into Phnom Penh. Any restrictions on how many cans I can bring? Or what’s the threshold before Cambodian customs considers it commercial (vs. personal use), and decides to charge and import fee?
Did it occur to you that you may have been asked to bring baby formula because it's easy to sell and it's fairly expensive...
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John Bingham wrote:
cptrelentless wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:16 pm How many cans of formula can you fit up your ass? Why are you bringing formula? Similac is Singaporean made and about $23 a can, or you can have the fancy French stuff which is about 30. Every supermarket stocks them.
It's few years since I bought any, but there has been a wide range of formulas available here since long before my kid was born. The Similac I used to buy was actually produced in Ireland, although it's a US brand. Dumex is another one, there's even a neighbourhood here called Psah Dumex because there was once a factory for the stuff there. So there is no need to bring any unless it's much cheaper abroad, and I'm not sure there is any considerable difference. I might be wrong.
Depends... If its just simple basic formula just get it here. The special formula my son uses is $55 a can here and only $16 a can in the US, hence my bringing back 15 cans.

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