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Gran Alacant Forum => General Discussions => Topic started by: Paublo on March 09, 2022, 19:58.

Title: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: Paublo on March 09, 2022, 19:58.: Just a quick question. Are you allowed to take food in your luggage from UK to spain. Have a request from a neighbour to take some items out. Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: Spurs on March 09, 2022, 20:21.: Depends what it is meat and dairy is a no no but I take teabags , coffee etc
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: ian-steele on March 10, 2022, 10:06.: Used to take 12 meat/potato pies ...12 babs...so expensive in Spain
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: gaveteran on March 10, 2022, 11:37.: Would love to know what the items are. Just in case they are even more amusing than the thought of someone flying about the place with a dozen pies. Maybe I can recommend somewhere you can get these items.
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: wilson on March 10, 2022, 16:35.: We take our favourite tea and coffee both are not sold in Spain other than that the products in Lidl/ Aldi are the same in GA, Grimsby or Gothenburg. I do recall back in the old days a neighbour used to bring a suitcase of frozen bacon and sausage, cheese etc it used to last them 6 months.
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: Blue and white stripes on March 10, 2022, 18:47.: I take sausages everytime I go. Never have problem at the Spanish end but Birmingham security always assume they're sticks of dynamite. I took a jar of Nescafe as well this time. The security lass held it up and asked me to confirm what was in the jar - I said Nescafe.
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: NickiH on March 11, 2022, 09:56.: I always take bacon with me in my hand luggage and have often taken fillet steak as find it hard to get a decent steak in Spain. Never had any problems
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: Paublo on March 11, 2022, 19:05.: Thanks for taking the time to reply folks
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: chris and jackie on March 11, 2022, 20:46.: Quote from: Blue and white stripes on March 10, 2022, 18:47.
I take sausages everytime I go. Never have problem at the Spanish end but Birmingham security always assume they're sticks of dynamite. I took a jar of Nescafe as well this time. The security lass held it up and asked me to confirm what was in the jar - I said Nescafe.
You can get Nescafé in most supermarkets in Spain!
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: Blue and white stripes on March 11, 2022, 22:01.: Not the Nescafe I drink.
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: Tony Gillam on March 12, 2022, 06:49.: Quote from: NickiH on March 11, 2022, 09:56.
I always take bacon with me in my hand luggage and have often taken fillet steak as find it hard to get a decent steak in Spain. Never had any problems

That must get the airport sniffer dogs excited.
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: Blue and white stripes on March 12, 2022, 08:53.: I can't think of anything rasher.
Title: Re: Taking food in luggage from UK to spain
Post by: Retiredden on March 14, 2022, 21:20.: We had our bag searched in the uk, quite embarrassing when they pulled out the Yorkshire teabags, rich tea biscuits and cream crackers. The guy just smiled, obviously used to it.