Frozen stew on transit

I am travelling later via plane bringing a frozen stew in a Tupperware inside my luggage. I don't have a cooler with me so I'm just wrapping the container with cloth to hopefully maintain the low temperature.

I wonder how long will it stay good before it spoils during transit? I plan to reheat or freeze it again once I reach my destination. It will be outside the freezer for around six hours, and I'm not sure if it will stay good.

If it matters, here are some details about my trip and the food.

I'm travelling in a tropical country
Food contains goat meat and has tomato sauce used in it with some pineapple.
Food was prepared yesterday and frozen right after it had cooled down to be prepared for said travel today.

Best Answer

Probably not safe, but don't bother, airport customs will probably make you throw it away.

The FDA recommends that perishable food items such as anything with meat in it be thrown away after 4 hours at roughly room temperature. Depending on how long it takes to defrost, it may or may not reach that threshold during your flight- and it's unlikely to be easy for you to check its temperature while you're in the air to determine whether or not it's past the safe time window on a 6 hour flight.

Additionally, you don't state a location, but many countries around the world prohibit the importation of food items that aren't in industrially sealed containers (e.g. cans of soda, packets of potato chips, etc). If they catch you with it, they'll throw it away, and that's a waste of food.

Just eat it before you travel, or leave it in the freezer for after you get back.