Help with EU and grub rules

[Jaws]

I have been through what I can find but did not find the answer.. but I am a bloke so if it aint the size of a panzer and flashing blue I proly missed it !
Maureen usually makes up three sealed bags of stew when we travel to Spain in the winter.. Quick to reheat and is great winter grub
Does the panel know if cooked meat in a stew is allowed ?
No biggy if it aint as stew is still stew(ish) without lumps of animal floating in it..

 

[David and Sally]

Personal imports containing meat is banned as I read it.

 

[Jays2]

To be honest, can you see anyone caring about what we take out?
I for one will take our fridge contraband, wrap in bubble wrapped and store under the quilt.
More concerned about our return trip contraband!

 

[Gromett]

To be honest, can you see anyone caring about what we take out?
I for one will take our fridge contraband, wrap in bubble wrapped and store under the quilt.
More concerned about our return trip contraband!

If you get caught you will get slammed because you are obviously trying to get round the rules by hiding it under the quilt.

If I was going to try it, I would just leave it in the fridge as normal and claim ignorance very apologetically and hope the just confiscate it.

But, Personally, when going to another country I tend to obey the laws/rules as I would expect foreign visitors to our country to.

 

[Chris]

Put it in small bags and swallow it as you would drugs.

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[Robert Clark]

Looks like food for personal consumption is ok

Taking animal products, food or plants with you in the EU - Your Europe

Rules on carrying meat, dairy and fish products in the EU, restrictions when travelling from a non-EU country; quantities allowed, information on exceptions, baby milk and food for medical reasons; products not allowed; information on controls and when entering the EU

europa.eu

 

[Vanderek]

The sniffer dogs have been trained

 

[NoddyNinja]

Mirror newspaper today
"Brits baffled as Dutch customs officers seized ham sandwiches because of Brexit"

 

[mikebeaches]

Looks like food for personal consumption is ok

Taking animal products, food or plants with you in the EU - Your Europe

Rules on carrying meat, dairy and fish products in the EU, restrictions when travelling from a non-EU country; quantities allowed, information on exceptions, baby milk and food for medical reasons; products not allowed; information on controls and when entering the EU

europa.eu

I'm not sure that is actually what it says.

The initial guidance is for travelling AROUND the EU - across borders, I suppose?

Further down the page, it lists the restrictions when entering from a non-EU country (ie the UK).

As an aside, this is from the Daily Mail, so may or may not be factually accurate...

Dutch police confiscate British driver's ham sandwiches

Footage from Dutch TV showed the border officials confiscating sandwiches and other foodstuffs from drivers entering the Netherlands from the UK after Brexit.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[pappajohn]

You have to remember John, UK meat has been contaminated with all sorts of horrible diseases since 1/1/21.
Before that it was good clean meat and allowed in all of EUROPE.

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[bobandjanie]

How about a nice vegetarian curry John Jaws Bob

 

[Jaws]

Reading the above I gather I am not the only one who needs a bit of help..
All I can find out is cooked meats come under a different set of rules.. but the rules are vague in the extreme

 

[bobandjanie]

I work on the only thing in the fridge travelling both ways, should be white wine and beer.

 

[tjay]

Will need to hide my rolls of Black pudding, square sausage and tins of Haggis we take over for our French friends, Oh dam !!

 

[Littlewheels]

If you get caught you will get slammed because you are obviously trying to get round the rules by hiding it under the quilt.

If I was going to try it, I would just leave it in the fridge as normal and claim ignorance very apologetically and hope the just confiscate it.

But, Personally, when going to another country I tend to obey the laws/rules as I would expect foreign visitors to our country to.

To be honest, can you see anyone caring about what we take out?
I for one will take our fridge contraband, wrap in bubble wrapped and store under the quilt.
More concerned about our return trip contraband!

if you put a goodly amount in the fridge this may get confiscated but you load up the quilt at the same time as they will not then look under the quilt.

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[peterc10]

Looks like food for personal consumption is ok

Taking animal products, food or plants with you in the EU - Your Europe

Rules on carrying meat, dairy and fish products in the EU, restrictions when travelling from a non-EU country; quantities allowed, information on exceptions, baby milk and food for medical reasons; products not allowed; information on controls and when entering the EU

europa.eu

Not sure Robert. The first headline suggest you can but it seems that only applies if you arrive from another EU country. Further down the page it clearly states "If you travel to the EU from a non-EU country, you are not allowed to bring any meat or dairy products with you. You can however bring a limited quantity of fruit and vegetables as well as eggs, egg products and honey." The bold part is their emphasis, not mine.

 

[jumar]

Not sure Robert. The first headline suggest you can but it seems that only applies if you arrive from another EU country. Further down the page it clearly states "If you travel to the EU from a non-EU country, you are not allowed to bring any meat or dairy products with you. You can however bring a limited quantity of fruit and vegetables as well as eggs, egg products and honey." The bold part is their emphasis, not mine.

Adjust your ways and means, if you cannot do this, then do that, if you cannot go where you normally go, go elsewhere..
New rules for us all, adjust what you do and do it differently, cannot do it that way, do it this way......always done it before, sure but you cannot anymore, so change, adapt, any rules that are presented to us, stick with them, not bend or break them, or find a work around....
There is always a different way to do most things in life, just be prepared to do it in a different way.....Stay safe, watch Netflix....

 

[denisejoe]

is the meat ok if frozen I know we can’t export fresh sausages but frozen are ok

 

[funflair]

I'm not sure that is actually what it says.

The initial guidance is for travelling AROUND the EU - across borders, I suppose?

Further down the page, it lists the restrictions when entering from a non-EU country (ie the UK).

As an aside, this is from the Daily Mail, so may or may not be factually accurate...

Dutch police confiscate British driver's ham sandwiches

Footage from Dutch TV showed the border officials confiscating sandwiches and other foodstuffs from drivers entering the Netherlands from the UK after Brexit.

www.dailymail.co.uk

It does say,

In this context, EU includes the 27 EU countries, Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, and the UK.

 

[peterc10]

It does say,

In this context, EU includes the 27 EU countries, Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, and the UK.

That is because the advice is dated 3 September 2020 when we were no longer members of the EU, but still had the benefits of membership. That all changed on 1 January 2021.

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[funflair]

That is because the advice is dated 3 September 2020 when we were no longer members of the EU, but still had the benefits of membership. That all changed on 1 January 2021.

I had a quick look for a date obviously too quick.

 

[mikebeaches]

It does say,

In this context, EU includes the 27 EU countries, Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, and the UK.

Thanks for highlighting that - apologies, I had missed UK was included in the list!

And I am now more confused than ever. I could see the information as written on the web page was correct during the 'transition' phase. I'd wonder if it has been updated to reflect the post 01.01.21 situation? But if it is an official EU website, then you'd expect it to be?

Ah, just spotted earlier posts, highlighting the page was: Last checked: 03/09/2020

I think that is probably the explanation.

 

[TerryL]

Sorry but it looks absolutely clear to me - NO meat or dairy products, can't be simpler than that. No exceptions made, including frozen. Anything else is trying to fudge the issue.

If ever we're allowed out again a bit of tinned stuff and our first call will be Auchan in Boulogne. We tend to buy fresh as we go along anyway so won't be much of a hardship.

Will miss Sunday morning bacon and sausages though.

 

[Sandancers]

You could always take vegetarian sausages. Or if a horrendous mix-up happened during your food preparation for your trip, real meat sausages somehow got put into vegetarian wrappers. That would be a tragic mistake.

 

[TerryL]

Veggy sausages you trying to poison me?

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[chaser]

Just worry about getting there, that's the important thing at the moment, take nowt then you are bound to be right, I'll just be bloody glad if we ever get over again, I'm certainly not going to be worrying about whether I can take a sausage.

 

[Sandancers]

Veggy sausages you trying to poison me?

Feed them to a passing dog and "re-cycle" the wrapper to cover some real sausages ! Greta would approve !

 

[chaser]

What I don't get, do you all take enough stuff to last you a month or whatever, if not what do you do when you have used it all.

 

[Oscar]

Think you can take chocolate

 

[Sandancers]

What I don't get, do you all take enough stuff to last you a month or whatever, if not what do you do when you have used it all.

If you are in France you can eat cake. A revolutionary idea !

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