What are the rules on bringing back food from an European Union (EU) country?
From May 1st 2009 the rules for personal imports have changed. From then the following rules will be in place: You can bring back a reasonable amount of any food on sale in any EU country. If it is considered to be for commercial purposes then it may be subject to checks by the port health authorities at the point of import. This also applies to personal imports of fish and shellfish from Iceland and the Faeroe Islands. The EU Member States are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus*, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. * Though the whole of Cyprus is part of the EU, goods from any area of Cyprus not under the effective control of the Republic of Cyprus are treated as non-EU imports. For these purposes EU countries and territories include Andorra, the Canary Islands, the Channel Islands, the
