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No soup for you, Raymond Kolochuk.

That’s because a chicken soup mix that was purchased by a St. Catharines man and his wife while on vacation in Mexico two years ago never made it into Canada.

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I almost dropped the phone when I heard the amount of the fine

And while it has taken two years for a decision to be reached on this matter, it might not be over because there is yet another step in the appeal process.

Kolochuk paid about $39 for the Knorr Caldo de Pollo soup mix in 2014, but it could turn out to be the most expensive soup mix he has ever purchased.

Unless his case is reconsidered, the Canada Border Services Agency says he owes them a fine of $800.

“I almost dropped the phone when I heard the amount of the fine,” said Kolochuk. “This was such an innocent thing. I had no idea it was against the rules to import the soup mix and that’s why I failed to declare it.”

Years ago, a friend gave him a container of the soup mix, he liked it and that’s why he purchased some to bring home.