That's au revoir to bringing back any camembert or confit de canard as of today.

There has been no German salami in our local Lidls for weeks, I am assuming it is because of foot and mouth

From the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the Faroe Islands and Greenland

You can bring in the following for personal use:

fish
poultry, for example chicken, duck, goose and any other products made from these meats
other animal products, for example eggs and honey
Because of animal disease outbreaks (including foot and mouth disease) in the EU, there are temporary restrictions in place for bringing in:

meat, dairy and animal products from some animals

Georgesgran

No, Gran10.

I often watch a programme about Customs in Australia where they confiscate various foods brought into the county on overseas flights and impose large on the spot fines.

A woman was fined A$1,000 for trying to bring in a couple of apples which she'd been given on the flight.

When there was an outbreak of foot and mouth in the UK the Customs officials would take your shoes and scrub the soles with disinfectant before you could enter Australia.

It's illegal to take bananas from one State to another as well.

Baggs

Avoiding having wasps is not necessarily a good thing. Wasps are actually useful in some ways.

That said, I'd be surprised if Australia didn't have native wasps. Perhaps the authorities didn't want non-native (European or American) ones, which is understandable.

DH found one in the bed the other evening.

Another one was buzzing round the bedroom this morning. They may be a good thing but I hope we don't have a nest in the attic!

I got fined 60 dollars for a nectarine

Grannylynj

I got fined 60 dollars for a nectarine

Did they let you eat it?

You can have our gall wasps. The little bs have ruined my lemon tree. They are very careful to ban most foodstuffs being brought into airports here. Nice big fines for those who try to. We have to protect our unique native plants and animals.

Oh dear! Confit de canard is mainly sold in sealed tins, I was going to take it over for my DD this next week.

You can have confit de canard. Bird products are allowed.

I don't think we get any foods in the UK imported from America thankfully.
Are you kidding me? Some supermarkets have a whole aisle full of American products.

nanna8

You can have our gall wasps. The little bs have ruined my lemon tree. They are very careful to ban most foodstuffs being brought into airports here. Nice big fines for those who try to. We have to protect our unique native plants and animals.

Nothing to declare is my go to programme when there’s nothing else interesting to watch.
Rita is my absolute favourite with her
“Food. If you put it in your mouth, it’s food! If you eat it, it’s food!”

Georgesgran

No, Gran10.

I often watch a programme about Customs in Australia where they confiscate various foods brought into the county on overseas flights and impose large on the spot fines.

Aus is super careful...we travel to Perth most years...you can't take loads of diff foods in...you can't take plants or seeds in...I had a pencil taken off me cos its wood ( could have bugs in it they said) ....20 mins before we land they spray the cabin with stuff....and we've had to walk thru sheep dip type stuff several times when there's been particular scares on...the aussies don't take any risks

ViceVersa

*I don't think we get any foods in the UK imported from America thankfully.*
Are you kidding me? Some supermarkets have a whole aisle full of American products.

Oh dear, I really didn't know. I haven't been food shopping for 3 years due to being housebound due to ill health.

Mollygo

You can have confit de canard. Bird products are allowed.

👍 that's good!
Wondering about milk chocolate Easter eggs now! !

A reminder for those travelling from GB into Europe since B****t that taking any milk products and/or meat products into Europe isnt legal. The foot and mouth prevention ban is good!

Apparently chocolate is OK. Phew!

Ironically we take a month's sack of meat based dog food with us across to France every time we travel. We've never been questioned, but our excuse is the product is manufactured in France so it's actually going home.

I'm in favour of any measures to protect our livestock. DS2 was training in the army in 2001, and he can well remember having to clean and disinfect boots and clothes all day long.

Will the ban cover tinned food? I buy tins of confit de canard.

I have never taken much food to France when we had a home there - only marmite and loose leaf tea. But confit de canard........

I remember one year when DH had driven over to Normandy on his own, meeting up with others in the family, for the D-Day celebrations in Ouistreham.
He brought home a boot full of cheeses, fruit- including the most gorgeous melons, aubergines and other delicious things. No alcohol as we didn’t particularly need or want any but Customs went through his car with a fine tooth comb virtually stripping it back to the bone, apparently thinking he had filled it with cheese to cover up the smell of illegal substances from the sniffer dogs!

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Apparently chocolate is OK. Phew!

Ironically we take a month's sack of meat based dog food with us across to France every time we travel. We've never been questioned, but our excuse is the product is manufactured in France so it's actually going home.

I'm in favour of any measures to protect our livestock. DS2 was training in the army in 2001, and he can well remember having to clean and disinfect boots and clothes all day long.

Well you are smuggling!

LOUISA1523

Georgesgran

No, Gran10.

I often watch a programme about Customs in Australia where they confiscate various foods brought into the county on overseas flights and impose large on the spot fines.

Aus is super careful...we travel to Perth most years...you can't take loads of diff foods in...you can't take plants or seeds in...I had a pencil taken off me cos its wood ( could have bugs in it they said) ....20 mins before we land they spray the cabin with stuff....and we've had to walk thru sheep dip type stuff several times when there's been particular scares on...the aussies don't take any risks

They let me take a Welsh love spoon in!

We went to Italy during the last foot and mouth outbreak here and there were notices all over the airport in Italy about what foods were banned.

Officially, Oldbat1 you are not allowed to bring meat or dairy-based dog food with you. However, we don't do it secretly because a 12kg sack of dog food is the size of a suitcase and is always on full view in our car. We use different ports to enter France - St. Malo, Roscoff, Caen and no one is at all bothered to ask about the dog food. Leaving from Portsmouth and Plymouth it's the same thing, they search the car but are only interested in weapons.
Our dog eats a specific kind of dog food which you can't just buy off the shelf in a supermarket or in a pet store, it needs to be ordered.

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Officially, Oldbat1 you are not allowed to bring meat or dairy-based dog food with you. However, we don't do it secretly because a 12kg sack of dog food is the size of a suitcase and is always on full view in our car. We use different ports to enter France - St. Malo, Roscoff, Caen and no one is at all bothered to ask about the dog food. Leaving from Portsmouth and Plymouth it's the same thing, they search the car but are only interested in weapons.
Our dog eats a specific kind of dog food which you can't just buy off the shelf in a supermarket or in a pet store, it needs to be ordered.

It is still an illegal practice no matter how justified you feel. You are only permitted with a veterinary letter to take 2kg of unopened dog food and only for medical reasons. The eu customs directive is 5yrs old now please check the official guidance. Taking your pet with you is a luxury not a necessity. Doesnt matter which port you use it isnt legally permitted and is law breaking.

Fish and plant based is ok apparently.

Taking food and drink into France
You cannot take meat, milk or products containing them into EU countries. There are some exceptions such as powdered baby milk, baby food and special foods or pet feed required for medical reasons.

www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/france/entry-requirements?hl=en-GB

And this from the Kennel Club
new restrictions apply regarding taking pet food from Great Britain into the EU (and Northern Ireland from 1 October 2021). You can no longer take products of animal origin with you, including pet food. A limited exemption applies for special pet food required for medical reasons, as long as it weighs less than 2 kilograms. Unless you qualify for the exemption you will need to plan where you will be purchasing your dog’s food from when abroad.

Maybe just buy it in France next time as it's a French product?
Irritating I know.

Since French customs are themselves profoundly uninterested in enforcing this law, we are left to draw our own conclusions and make our own decisions.

In 40 years of travelling between France and England very regularly the French Customs have never ever stopped us and enquired about what we are bringing in or out of the country, and the British Customs have stopped us twice.

The first time we think because we had inadvertently chosen an itinerary that was similar to some criminal group that was being closely watched, and the moment DH got all the estate agents details of the houses we were looking at out of the boot , the customs people just waved us on.

The second time we triggered their radioactivity senser, when we came off the ferry. Did you know your car was scanned for radioactivity when you went on and off a ferry? We were all at a loss, including the customs men. In the end it was decided that it was caused by some trench art we had bought. A WW1 shell casing that had been turned into a vase, the customs thought that there may have been slight traces of phosperous still in or on the metal somewhere.

However no one has ever enquired about contraband foodstuffs or plants even when in the car in plain sight.