Personal food and plant imports
Our aim is to reduce the risk of exotic animal diseases, plant pests and diseases entering the country and then threatening our public health, livestock, agriculture and horticultural industries and the environment.
- What food may I bring into the UK?
- I'm interested in importing goods commercially - see our International Trade pages.
Latest news
4 May 2009 - New food checker: People travelling outside the EU this summer can now easily check what food they can, and can’t, bring back to the UK. The new food checker is available at: www.direct.gov.uk/dontbringmeback. A news release has been published.
1 May 2009 – Summary of new personal import rules for animal products – There are new rules covering personal imports of animal products (e.g. meat, dairy, fish etc.) into the United Kingdom. There is no change to the ban on imports of meat and dairy products from most countries outside the European Union (EU) but some changes to the amounts of other animal products which are permitted.
22 August 2008 - Don't bring me back: Personal food imports campaign - New campaign site launched on Directgov website.
8 August 2008 - Public information film: Don't bring me back: Personal food imports campaign. A new film launched to highlight the risks travellers face if they bring illegal food products into the UK.
Page last modified: May 4, 2009