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Travelling with pork products

Entering the UK from non-EU countries

When entering the UK from non-EU countries, you must not bring any pork or pork products back to the UK. It is illegal to bring personal meat or dairy products into the UK from non-EU countries. You may face prosecution and a fine if you do.

Entering Great Britain from EU or EFTA countries

When entering Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from EU or European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, the Faroe Islands and Greenland), you must not bring back pork or pork products over 2kg in weight.

You can bring back less than 2kg of pork or pork products on the condition that this is:

• commercially packaged with an EU identification mark (for products)
• stamped with a health mark (for carcases)

Animal by-products (ABPs) must either:

• be in commercial packaging which includes the name and address of the feed business operator responsible for its labelling under Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 (animal feed only)
• have a label describing the product (including the category of ABP it belongs) and an ABP commercial document

If you have any food left over during your travel, use a secure bin to dispose of the food waste before entering the UK.