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The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.

• Overview

  There are rules for bringing food or animal products into Great Britain…

• Meat, dairy, fish and animal products

  The rules on bringing meat, dairy, fish and other animal products depend…

• Fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds

  The rules on bringing fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds depend on the…

• Check if you need a CITES permit

  You may need to apply for a permit or certificate if you’re bringing any…

• If you break the rules

  If you declare banned food products to Border Force officers at customs,…

Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.

• Updated: 20 September 2022

How healthcare professions should manage patients with invasive listeriosis

• Updated: 24 April 2025

The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...

• Updated: 15 April 2021

How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.

• Updated: 21 October 2014

Food for Britain was the Defra sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body promoting UK food exports between 1983 and 2009.

• Updated: 15 April 2021

Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.

• Updated: 1 May 2025

What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.

• Updated: 13 May 2025

Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.

• Updated: 28 February 2023

Information about the UK food chain.

• Updated: 19 June 2025