Questions About Shipping Syrup

[tonyw]

Hello,

This is my first time here. I'm a hobbiest, we have about 75 taps and this is our third season. I'd like to ship some of this year's harvest from Massachusetts to friends (one in Arizona, and some co-workers in Saint Petersburg, Russia).

I wonder what experience people have with shipping syrup. Should it be packed in dry ice or some other material to keep it cold? Does anyone understand regulations with shipping food products overseas?

Thanks a bunch.

Tony

[wcproctor]

Just pack it up safe and ship UPS. Where in mendon are you?

[buck3m]

I have mailed some syrup. I have shipped two half gallon plastic jugs at time in Flat Rate Priority Mail boxes, carefully padded so they can't move around, and enclosed in heavy duty plastic bags. I'd be more comfortable mailing, say, two quarts in a flat rate box, because there would be more room for padding, especially around the caps.

No need for dry ice if it's been canned hot (around 185 deg.) I don't know about the overseas restrictions for mailing.

http://www.mapletrader.com/community/showthread.php?t=7415&highlight=flat+rate
http://www.mapletrader.com/community/showthread.php?t=4849&highlight=flat+rate
http://www.mapletrader.com/community/showthread.php?t=9723&highlight=flat+rate

[michiganfarmer2]

I have mailed some syrup. I have shipped two half gallon plastic jugs at time in Flat Rate Priority Mail boxes, carefully padded so they can't move around, and enclosed in heavy duty plastic bags. ]

thats what I do

[tonyw]

Whoa, thanks for the quick and useful responses.

[james ferguson]

ya if you are shipping over seas or out of country go to post office check with post master on country you whant to ship to not all countrys will let us ship to them on certian items yes to russia than you want to grab a deckloration from postmaster and fill it out there is no cost to you mark syrup on package pay insurance ship it golding if shiping in us pay the .80 for tracking no need insurance watch it go cross country by tracking #