Meat Products 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Post-Brexit POAO restrictions apply
Can I bring Meat Products into United Kingdom?
Post-Brexit POAO restrictions apply
Up to 2kg commercially processed from approved origins
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Post-Brexit, the UK applies Products of Animal Origin (POAO) restrictions on meat from non-EU countries. Commercially processed meat from approved countries may be permitted in personal quantities (up to 2kg). Fresh meat from most non-EU countries is prohibited. EU meat currently has temporary easements.
PENALTIES
- Fine: 250–20000 GBP
- Civil penalty only
Leaving United Kingdom with meat products
Personal-use quantities of processed, cooked, or shelf-stable meat products (jerky, cured meats, canned meats) may generally be exported from United Kingdom for personal consumption; destination-country biosecurity restrictions on arrival are typically the binding constraint. Raw meat, poultry, and offal require a veterinary-issued Export Health Certificate for commercial or above-personal-use export. Many destinations (Australia, New Zealand, Japan, US, EU) restrict or prohibit personal-import of raw and cooked meat regardless of origin-side export permissions.
Most non-EU fresh meat prohibited. EU meat has temporary easements. Commercially processed OK up to 2kg.
Up to 2kg commercially processed from approved origins
POAO Regulations 2021
This page covers destination customs rules in United Kingdom. Whether you can carry meat products through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
Related rules
Meat Products rules in other countries
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🇦🇺 Australia
Fresh, dried, and most cooked meat products are prohibited. Biosecurity risk.
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🇳🇿 New Zealand
Almost all meat products are prohibited. New Zealand has strict biosecurity controls.
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🇺🇸 United States
Most fresh and cured meats prohibited from most countries
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🇧🇷 Brazil
MAPA inspection required for most animal products
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🇨🇳 China
Most meat products prohibited under GACC regulations
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🇮🇩 Indonesia
Halal certification required for meat imports