TRAVEL ITEM RULES
Can I bring food?
Ingredients, processing and origin affect import rules.
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1. Can it fly with you?
- Carry-on baggage
- ? Official confirmation required
- Checked baggage
- ? Official confirmation required
UK airport screening guidance; not item-specific permission
Food may need additional screening. Check liquids, frozen items and carrier restrictions with the departure airport.
- Capacity
- Official confirmation required
- Quantity
- Official confirmation required
- Airline approval
- Official confirmation required
Official air sources
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2. Can it enter your destination?
Official confirmation required
A clear official destination ruling for this item is not established. Permission to fly is not import permission. Check ingredients and quantities with destination customs and biosecurity authorities.
Japan
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
United States
! Allowed with restrictions
Personal traveller baggage
Declare all agricultural/wildlife products. Meat restrictions depend on origin, disease status and processing; inspectors determine admissibility.
- Declaration
- ! Required
- Import permit
- ? Official confirmation required
- Quantity
- Official confirmation required
Official destination sources
Last verified:
Australia
! Allowed with restrictions
Personal traveller baggage
Certain food, plant and animal products need declaration and inspection. Check BICON by ingredient. Declaration does not guarantee admissibility.
- Declaration
- ! Required in some cases
- Import permit
- ? Official confirmation required
- Quantity
- Official confirmation required
Official destination sources
Last verified:
United Kingdom
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
France
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Thailand
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Singapore
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Canada
! Allowed with restrictions
Personal traveller baggage
Declare all food, plant and animal products. Confirm product-specific origin, quantity and admissibility with the authority.
- Declaration
- ! Required
- Import permit
- ? Official confirmation required
- Quantity
- Official confirmation required
Official destination sources
Last verified:
New Zealand
! Allowed with restrictions
Personal traveller baggage
Declare all food, including fresh, dried and packaged food, on the NZTD. MPI inspection determines admissibility; declaration is not permission.
- Declaration
- ! Required
- Import permit
- ? Official confirmation required
- Quantity
- Official confirmation required
Official destination sources
Last verified:
United Arab Emirates
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Italy
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Spain
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Germany
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Austria
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Czech Republic
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Switzerland
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Türkiye
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Taiwan
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Hong Kong
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Indonesia
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Malaysia
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Philippines
? Official confirmation required
Import permission for this item/country combination has not been established from official sources. This does not mean declaration or permits are unnecessary.
Item import last verified: not established
Before you travel
- Check ingredients, battery rating and quantities.
- Check the latest departure/transit airport and carrier rules.
- Review destination customs, biosecurity and permit conditions separately.