No more shopping trips to France then ............
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"From Saturday 12 April, it will be illegal for travellers from all EU countries entering Great Britain to bring items like sandwiches, cheese, cured meats, raw meats or milk into the country. This is regardless of whether it is packed or packaged or whether it has been bought at duty free.
Detailed information is available for the public which sets out a limited set of exemptions from these rules. For example, a limited amount of infant milk, medical foods and certain composite products like chocolate, confectionery, bread, cakes, biscuits and pasta continue to be allowed.
Those found with these items will need to either surrender them at the border or will have them seized and destroyed. In serious cases, those found with these items run the risk of incurring fines of up to £5,000 in England."
So you can get in a dinghy and come over and get "looked after" but if you bring a bit of cheese with you could face up to a £5k fine.
Living on this Island has become such fun
Detailed information is available for the public which sets out a limited set of exemptions from these rules. For example, a limited amount of infant milk, medical foods and certain composite products like chocolate, confectionery, bread, cakes, biscuits and pasta continue to be allowed.
Those found with these items will need to either surrender them at the border or will have them seized and destroyed. In serious cases, those found with these items run the risk of incurring fines of up to £5,000 in England."
So you can get in a dinghy and come over and get "looked after" but if you bring a bit of cheese with you could face up to a £5k fine.
Living on this Island has become such fun
greygoose said:
This is due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Europe rather than the government being killjoys, seems a sensible measure unless we want to see herds being slaughtered in the UK?
That's the actual headline from the .gov article the OP has very selectively copied and pasted from. Nice little dig about the goddam immigrants in their boats though. Smooth.
Dingu said:
greygoose said:
This is due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Europe rather than the government being killjoys, seems a sensible measure unless we want to see herds being slaughtered in the UK?
OP doesn’t have a clue about something before posting?! Astonished!The Rotrex Kid said:
That's the actual headline from the .gov article the OP has very selectively copied and pasted from. Nice little dig about the goddam immigrants in their boats though. Smooth.
And a misleading title too. Until cattle start getting foot and mouth from cheap plonk, there are still good reasons to shop in France.Edited by ATG on Monday 14th April 09:49
981Boxess said:
Dingu said:
greygoose said:
This is due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Europe rather than the government being killjoys, seems a sensible measure unless we want to see herds being slaughtered in the UK?
OP doesn’t have a clue about something before posting?! Astonished!981Boxess said:
"From Saturday 12 April, it will be illegal for travellers from all EU countries entering Great Britain to bring items like sandwiches, cheese, cured meats, raw meats or milk into the country. This is regardless of whether it is packed or packaged or whether it has been bought at duty free.
Detailed information is available for the public which sets out a limited set of exemptions from these rules. For example, a limited amount of infant milk, medical foods and certain composite products like chocolate, confectionery, bread, cakes, biscuits and pasta continue to be allowed.
Those found with these items will need to either surrender them at the border or will have them seized and destroyed. In serious cases, those found with these items run the risk of incurring fines of up to £5,000 in England."
So you can get in a dinghy and come over and get "looked after" but if you bring a bit of cheese with you could face up to a £5k fine.
Living on this Island has become such fun
In before the flounce...Detailed information is available for the public which sets out a limited set of exemptions from these rules. For example, a limited amount of infant milk, medical foods and certain composite products like chocolate, confectionery, bread, cakes, biscuits and pasta continue to be allowed.
Those found with these items will need to either surrender them at the border or will have them seized and destroyed. In serious cases, those found with these items run the risk of incurring fines of up to £5,000 in England."
So you can get in a dinghy and come over and get "looked after" but if you bring a bit of cheese with you could face up to a £5k fine.
Living on this Island has become such fun
blueST said:
The rule has been in place in other direction for a while, maybe since Brexit, but I've never seen it enforced. I've crossed with a fridge in the vehicle a few times noone has ever looked in it. I'd be interested to know if that'll be enforced in this direction.
I have a fridge specifically for travelling in Europe mainly to keep my daily picnic cool but use it for bringing back a little bit of what I fancy - never been a problem. It is usually buried under copious bottles of port though.981Boxess said:
Dingu said:
greygoose said:
This is due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Europe rather than the government being killjoys, seems a sensible measure unless we want to see herds being slaughtered in the UK?
OP doesn’t have a clue about something before posting?! Astonished!It means that whilst the situation with foot and mouth disease in Europe persists the ban on personal imports continues.
It's not the end of anything. It's a temporary situation which, at some point in the future, will change.
Not astonished at all that the OP wasn't smart enough to work that out, even with the additional help that other posters have given.
blueST said:
The rule has been in place in other direction for a while, maybe since Brexit, but I've never seen it enforced. I've crossed with a fridge in the vehicle a few times noone has ever looked in it. I'd be interested to know if that'll be enforced in this direction.
My M&S cheese & ham sandwich I pick up before crossing on the tunnel doesn't seem to cause a problem as i clear French passport control & customs. Same with the dog food which technically is also banned to take from UK to France!Dingu said:
981Boxess said:
Dingu said:
greygoose said:
This is due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Europe rather than the government being killjoys, seems a sensible measure unless we want to see herds being slaughtered in the UK?
OP doesn’t have a clue about something before posting?! Astonished!A refridgerated lorry full of cheese/meat would be another matter though, there is room for common sense in this world.
blueST said:
The rule has been in place in other direction for a while, maybe since Brexit, but I've never seen it enforced. I've crossed with a fridge in the vehicle a few times noone has ever looked in it. I'd be interested to know if that'll be enforced in this direction.
We go over the wtaer several times a year and have never seen it checked either, which is good as we usually have a cool box of contraband....981Boxess said:
I don't think for one second anyone bringing back some cheese for personal consumption or a sandwich as currently not allowed is going to take out the UK farming industry, but you are welcome to if that is as far as your thinking takes you.
A discarded sandwich (I know our roads never have such things) containing highly contagious FMD could easily come into contact with foraging wildlife and then onto livestock. I am happy not to buy cheese and meat whilst this risk exists.
NDA said:
981Boxess said:
I don't think for one second anyone bringing back some cheese for personal consumption or a sandwich as currently not allowed is going to take out the UK farming industry, but you are welcome to if that is as far as your thinking takes you.
A discarded sandwich (I know our roads never have such things) containing highly contagious FMD could easily come into contact with foraging wildlife and then onto livestock. I am happy not to buy cheese and meat whilst this risk exists.
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