{"id":199979,"date":"2025-06-20T13:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/199979\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T13:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:37:11","slug":"uk-tourists-in-spain-greece-and-italy-issued-warning-over-classic-british-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/199979\/","title":{"rendered":"UK tourists in Spain, Greece and Italy issued warning over classic British food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UK tourists in Majorca, Spain, Santorini, Greece and Venice, Italy have been warned against bringing some classic British favourites into each country<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_JS170740479.jpg\" alt=\"Assorted cheeses on round wooden board plate Camembert cheese, grated bark of oak, hard cheese slices, walnuts, grapes, crackers, bread, thyme, dark black wood background, top view\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>UK tourists in Majorca, Spain, Santorini, Greece and Venice, Italy have been warned against bringing some classic British favourites into each country(Image: FSerega\/iStockphoto)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">UK tourists in three major holiday hotspots have been warned against bringing in certain British classics this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Due to EU regulations, Brits travelling to destinations such as Majorca, Spain, Santorini, Greece and Venice, Italy have been urged to adhere to some strict regulations that must be followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Products containing fresh cream, as well as some items which you may not realise contain gelatine, which is an animal product, are banned from being taken abroad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">As Brits, many of us opt for cheese and crackers, but don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll get away with taking a host of English cheeses such as Cornish brie and Wensleydale with you on your flight, as you&#8217;ll be in some hot water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/travel\/foreign-office-issues-travel-warning-31881650\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Office issues travel warning for Brits as 70 countries &#8216;unsafe&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Other food items you may not realise could get you in trouble include clotted cream fudge. While considered to be a British treat, and can often be found in airport terminals, if you plan on taking a bag on the flight to the EU with you, make sure you eat it all before landing, the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2071223\/eu-food-ban-brexit\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Express <\/a>said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">If you fail to do this, your tasty treat could be taken off you upon landing in your destination. Another British fan-favourite which is on the banned products list is Bovril, because it includes gelatine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Maryanne Sparks, of European Waterways, issued a warning to Brits: \u201cIf you travel to the EU from a non-EU country, you are not allowed to bring any meat or dairy products with you \u2013 this includes those you would find in a meal deal sandwich.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">FCDO guidelines also include advice on the matter, explaining personal goods including meat, milk or products of those aforementioned can &#8220;present a real threat to animal health throughout the Union,&#8221; if brought into the EU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/travel\/foreign-office-warns-uk-tourists-31896286\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Office warns UK tourists in Italy, Spain, Greece &#8216;attacks are likely&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Dangerous bacteria, which can be found in some meat, milk and their products, can cause diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease and swine fever to occur.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">This means that certain food items taken into the EU either by post, or by person, could introduce a risk into EU countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Rules regarding a large amount of dairy products have been put in place for this reason, but there are some exemptions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Powered baby milk and food are permitted, as well as a list of sea creatures including up to 20kg of fish, live oysters and mussels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Other exemptions to the rules include taking in 2kg of honey and snails into the EU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK tourists in Majorca, Spain, Santorini, Greece and Venice, Italy have been warned against bringing some classic British&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,2406,104,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-199979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-holidays","11":"tag-spain","12":"tag-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114715967108908382","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}