Question about taking frozen food on plane

I am flying from Cincinnati tomorrow to my home in South Carolina. My family
told me they were having a cookout this weekend, and asked me to bring some
good local Cincinnati sausages with me. I bought about ten pounds of bratwurst
and hot italian sausage, and froze it immediately. If I were to pack it into a
small cooler, would I have problems with the new airport security?
I'm only checking one piece of luggage, and was thinking about putting the food
in a small cooler (and ducttaping the cooler closed once they check inside the
cooler at curbside checkin) and using that as my second piece of luggage. I've
never used a cooler as luggage on a plane before and was wondering if it is
allowed. Any help would be appreciated.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".

> I often bring cold foods to and from Europe in a little cooler.
>
Isn't that forbidden? I always thought only non-perishable food items
could be brought into the US.

Raf

mpoconnor7@nojunk (Mpoconnor7) wrote in message news:<20030807190824.08314.00001076@mb-m20.>...
> I am flying from Cincinnati tomorrow to my home in South Carolina. My family
> told me they were having a cookout this weekend, and asked me to bring some
> good local Cincinnati sausages with me. I bought about ten pounds of bratwurst
> and hot italian sausage, and froze it immediately. If I were to pack it into a
> small cooler, would I have problems with the new airport security?
> I'm only checking one piece of luggage, and was thinking about putting the food
> in a small cooler (and ducttaping the cooler closed once they check inside the
> cooler at curbside checkin) and using that as my second piece of luggage. I've
> never used a cooler as luggage on a plane before and was wondering if it is
> allowed. Any help would be appreciated.

Can you freeze the sausages first?

Either way, wrap the sausages with several layers of newspaper for
insulation, and box it. Check it through, as the temperature in the
baggage compartment of an airplane can be very cool. I wouldn't mess
around with ice, dry ice, or anything. It's not like you're going to
the moon. They'll arrive fine.

Karen