Imports and exports
When importing food, you need to know about regulations that apply to specific products and more general rules concerning labelling and additives.
Imports to Great Britain
Rules and regulations for importing food for human consumption to Great Britain (GB).
In this section
- Importing high risk foods
- Importing products of animal origin
- Importing products of non-animal origin
- Importing fishery products or bivalve molluscs
- Importing composite products
- Importing wine
- Importing plastic kitchenware from China and Hong Kong
- Foodstuffs with GB import restrictions
- Trade information sheets
Imports to Northern Ireland
Guidance for importing or moving products into Northern Ireland (NI). If you are moving goods under the NI Retail Movement Scheme please see Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme: how to register and seal consignments - GOV.UK. The following guidance relates only to movements to NI that fall outside of the NI Retail Movement Scheme.
In this section
- High risk food of non-animal origin
- Step-by-step guide on moving high risk food of non-animal origin
- Northern Ireland import requirements for restricted foodstuffs
- Importing plastic kitchenware from China and Hong Kong into Northern Ireland
- Unfettered market access for Northern Ireland traders
- Moving fishery products or bivalve molluscs from GB and non-EU countries into NI
- Moving composite products into Northern Ireland
- Foodstuffs with European Union (EU) restrictions
Exports
Commercially exporting food and feed to countries outside of the UK.