23 countries restrict entry of Zongzi
about 23 countries and regions have banned bringing or mailing Zongzi, sticky rice dumplings, into their country, ahead of Dragon Boat Festival that features the food, people.com.cn reported on May 20.
Some countries, including the US, Japan and Canada, prohibited the entry of meat Zongzi because it might transmit infectious diseases such as bird flu and foot- and- mouth disease.