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Bringing food into the UK: Personal food and plant imports
Our aim is to reduce the risk of animal diseases and plant pests entering the country and then threatening our public health, livestock, agriculture and horticultural industries and the environment.
Don't bring me back
People travelling outside the EU can check what food they can, and can’t, bring back to the UK using the food checker at: www.direct.gov.uk/dontbringmeback
For personal imports specifically from the following regions/countries - Africa, Bangladesh, Caribbean, China or Hong Kong, India, Middle East, Pakistan and Turkey, please go to: www.direct.gov.uk/foodimports
I'm interested in importing goods commercially - see our International Trade imports pages.
Latest news
28 October 2009 - A video to help explain the rules about bringing food into the UK from countries outside the EU and why these rules exist has been published.
16 July 2009 - The Annual Review of Controls on Imports of Animal Products: April 2008 – March 2009 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.
Page last modified: November 19, 2009