30 Foreign Foods Banned in the US

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This is a strange one at first glance, but the logic behind this ban seems to make more sense once you get all the facts. The United States prevents travelers from bringing tomatoes back from Canada. That raises an important first question—who is going to Canada to buy tomatoes? 

Canadian Tomatoes

However, the logic behind this prohibition actually makes some sense. Canada imports tomatoes from countries known to harbor invasive species that can decimate crops. So, it's not so much that we don't want tomatoes from Canada as it is we don't want tomatoes from all the countries that Canada imports them from. 

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