{"id":1042,"date":"2016-06-07T13:59:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ofwuae.wpengine.com\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2016-06-07T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:59:33","slug":"filipinos-warned-bringing-balut-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/1042-filipinos-warned-bringing-balut-uae.html","title":{"rendered":"Filipinos Warned Vs Bringing Balut into UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It is illegal to bring the Filipino delicacy balut into the United Arab Emirates, the Philippine Consulate-General in Dubai has warned in an advisory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Travelers are hereby warned against sneaking their hometown favorite after the Consulate received &#8220;several reports from various individuals regarding the confiscation of Philippine duck eggs (balut) upon entry into Dubai as &#8216;pasalubong&#8217; (gift) from the Philippines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBalut\u201d, usually a 16- to 21-day-old boiled fertilized duck egg, is a popular Filipino delicacy but is also common in other Southeast Asian countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entry of commercial and non-commercial quantities [for personal consumption] of balut into Dubai without necessary customs\/health certificates may result in confiscation by Customs authorities and possible delay in immigration clearance of the bearer,\u201d the advisory read.<\/p>\n<p>There are already Filipinos caught with dozens of balut in their luggage. Import restrictions make bringing balut eggs disallowed in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/balut-advisory.webp\" alt=\"balut-advisory\" width=\"422\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/balut-advisory.webp 422w, https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/balut-advisory-201x300.webp 201w, https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/balut-advisory-282x420.webp 282w, https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/balut-advisory-150x224.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/06\/balut-advisory-300x447.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is illegal to bring the Filipino delicacy balut into the United Arab Emirates, the Philippine Consulate-General in Dubai has warned in an advisory. Travelers are hereby warned against sneaking their hometown favorite after the Consulate received &#8220;several reports from various individuals regarding the confiscation of Philippine duck eggs (balut) upon entry into Dubai as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-living-in-uae"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/uae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}