Bringing Meat & Dairy into the UK

[Sharon the Cat]

At last LeShuttle have got their act together about this. I've just received this email prior to our return on Wednesday. We had nothing and didn't see any notices about this back in May.

Dear Sharon,

Following a rising number of cases of Foot and Mouth across Europe, the UK has introduced temporary restrictions on certain meat and animal products from the EU to prevent the spread of the disease.

From 12th April 2025, travellers can no longer bring the following meat and animal products from the EU into Great Britain for personal use:

pork
beef
lamb and mutton
goat meat
milk and dairy, including cheeses

This includes bringing items such as meat / cheese sandwiches, cured meats or raw meats.

Please ensure you do not carry any of these products on your upcoming trip to Folkestone.

For full details visit gov.uk.

 

[Jo001]

At out last crossing we ate all our cheese, gave away our dog biscuits, and bought margarine rather than butter and oat milk rather than real milk. The oat milk was really nice!

Nobody checked, but I'd never live with myself if I'd been responsible for reintroducing F&M to GB.

 

[Sharon the Cat]

At out last crossing we ate all our cheese, gave away our dog biscuits, and bought margarine rather than butter and oat milk rather than real milk. The oat milk was really nice!

Nobody checked, but I'd never live with myself if I'd been responsible for reintroducing F&M to GB.

I never thought of buying oat milk. We have dried milk ready to mix up if we need a cuppa once the liquid has been binned.

We are at Montreuil sur Mer now. When we arrived there were only 2 vans on the aire and one on the car park. Everyone else must have seen the weather forecast, it's tipping down now.

 

[Jo001]

I hope it clears for you. We met a couple in Amboise who are heading there too but they won't arrive until tomorrow. If you see a van with a clever extending section at the back, that'll be them.

 

[TJBi]

At last LeShuttle have got their act together about this. I've just received this email prior to our return on Wednesday. We had nothing and didn't see any notices about this back in May.

Dear Sharon,

Following a rising number of cases of Foot and Mouth across Europe, the UK has introduced temporary restrictions on certain meat and animal products from the EU to prevent the spread of the disease.

From 12th April 2025, travellers can no longer bring the following meat and animal products from the EU into Great Britain for personal use:

pork
beef
lamb and mutton
goat meat
milk and dairy, including cheeses

This includes bringing items such as meat / cheese sandwiches, cured meats or raw meats.

Please ensure you do not carry any of these products on your upcoming trip to Folkestone.

For full details visit gov.uk.

Good that they at least are notifying passengers, but it would be useful to have the info much earlier. For example, if I visit a few France Passion locations during a 2-month trip, from early on in the trip I could have been buying meat products preserved in various ways to bring home. Not the sort of thing that I'd want to bin.

 

[Sharon the Cat]

Good that they at least are notifying passengers, but it would be useful to have the info much earlier. For example, if I visit a few France Passion locations during a 2-month trip, from early on in the trip I could have been buying meat products preserved in various ways to bring home. Not the sort of thing that I'd want to bin.

Yes, back in May we saw nothing at the ports and no emails like this one. Had we been unaware this email would have been too late for us as we return tomorrow.
I'm just glad that they are now doing something. In my opinion there should be notices at all ports as you leave the UK.

 

[mikejay]

Had the same email in September when we came back on le shuttle.

 

[barryd]

We saw nothing at the ports and had no notifications or emails about this when we came back late September. If I had not known about it from here and other forums I wouldn't have had a clue. As it was I forgot about it on the day but I don't think we brought anything banned in anyway. They can't be taking it that seriously I reckon.

 

[Jo001]

Everyone else must have seen the weather forecast, it's tipping down now

Have you seen this?

One dead and 10 injured as sudden tornado hits Paris suburbs

A 23-year-old construction worked has been killed after a tornado tore through Val-d'Ois, north of Paris, on Monday, toppling three construction cranes.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Sharon the Cat]

Have you seen this?

One dead and 10 injured as sudden tornado hits Paris suburbs

A 23-year-old construction worked has been killed after a tornado tore through Val-d'Ois, north of Paris, on Monday, toppling three construction cranes.

www.bbc.co.uk

No, frightening. We had a lot of thunder & lightening yesterday, and more rain today.

 

[Moped]

Passed through Portsmouth twice and fridge never inspected.

 

[Debroos]

I never thought of buying oat milk. We have dried milk ready to mix up if we need a cuppa once the liquid has been binned.

We are at Montreuil sur Mer now. When we arrived there were only 2 vans on the aire and one on the car park. Everyone else must have seen the weather forecast, it's tipping down now.

Surely dried milk is banned too?

 

[jann]

Foot and mouth has been mentioned several times in the news this year.
Much as I like bringing back different foods from abroad, I wouldn't want to have to dispose of anything.
We've never had the fridge searched either way but we have been asked if we have meat products when entering Holland, so just as easy coming back

 

[Jo001]

Something occurred to me earlier.

My dog's (meat based) food is manufactured in Germany and shipped from there. So how does that work?

 

[bartman]

I had no idea about the ban on bringing cheese back - still enjoying what we brought back just over a week ago. Had a nice piece of Bleu d'Auverne for lunch today! I'm not intending to share it with any four legged friends either, so unlikely to cause a major epidemic

 

[Jo001]

I'm not intending to share it with any four legged friends either, so unlikely to cause a major epidemic

I'm sure you won't. But I did read somewhere, maybe here, that some of the risk is from wild animals getting at the packaging, so please be aware of how you dispose of it?

 

[Jo001]

I also realised, I have a new excuse to eat lots of chocolate over the next couple of weeks

 

[colinm]

Something occurred to me earlier.

My dog's (meat based) food is manufactured in Germany and shipped from there. So how does that work?

Exporters to the UK have to meet strict standards which should prevent F&M being in their products. Probably works just as well as reporting horse meat in a product.

 

[marchie]

I also realised, I have a new excuse to eat lots of chocolate over the next couple of weeks

If you need an excuse to eat chocolate, then you will never be able to stand up at a Chocoholics Anonymous Meeting and say, 'My name is Jo and I'm a chocoholic ...' . I, on the other hand, have done so so often that the Group Leader just says, 'Yeah, Steve, we *all* know you are, so I think we take that as read. Next person ...'

And for the devotees of European chocolate, 'Un jour sans chocolat est un jour perdu ...' - vital French vocabulary, that ...

Steve

 

[TeamRienza]

And for the devotees of European chocolate, 'Un jour sans chocolat est un jour perdu ...' - vital French vocabulary, that ...

Steve

Seems like we have to spend ages every day in the SuperU, or Carrefour perusing the chocolate and wine aisles.

Don't know which addiction group to join.

Davy