GMJ
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I have contacted the EU on this matter and established that any dairy or meat based products cannot be taken into the EU in our MHs. This info was readily available on their website and ion others too however I also asked them about frozen meals and tinned food: which, it transpired, are also banned if they contain meat or dairy.
I then contacted them about quorn based meals - like a chilli or bolognaise sauce - which as we know would be vegetarian.
They replied thus...
Quorn, as a fungus-derived product, is not a product of animal origin. Therefore, if not mixed with any ingredient of animal origin, there is no particular requirement to import in the EU.
More generally, there are no specific guidelines or legal provisions that specify which information must be shown. Normally the product description is on the packaging and that will be the information that custom officers could be expected to look at.
Finally, quorn is also available on the mainland.
So there we are: take an empty packet with you plus a translation maybe.
How they can tell whether a frozen chilli has quorn or meat though will be interesting!
I then contacted them about quorn based meals - like a chilli or bolognaise sauce - which as we know would be vegetarian.
They replied thus...
Quorn, as a fungus-derived product, is not a product of animal origin. Therefore, if not mixed with any ingredient of animal origin, there is no particular requirement to import in the EU.
More generally, there are no specific guidelines or legal provisions that specify which information must be shown. Normally the product description is on the packaging and that will be the information that custom officers could be expected to look at.
Finally, quorn is also available on the mainland.
So there we are: take an empty packet with you plus a translation maybe.
How they can tell whether a frozen chilli has quorn or meat though will be interesting!