Can I send bacon in the post to France - anyone know?

What a shame Marelli we bought bacon in Carrefour when we were in France a couple of weeks ago.
I am not sure it will survive the journey, don't think it is illegal as we have carried it in our coolbox for first night meals.
What I would do is jump in the car with a coolbox and lots of goodies and turn up on GD's doorstep ... surprise

This must be the funniest heading for a post on Gransnet yet!

(I'm sorry I can't help)

I guess you'd be alright with smoked bacon. And how would anyone know what was in the parcel?

Go for it.

It is perfectly legal to send anything legal between any countries in the EU.

It may be different by air, but I had a French salami sausage confiscated by customs on arrival at Plymouth!

It's getting funnier!

Movedalot "It is perfectly legal to send anything legal between any countries in the EU."

I'm so tempted to say no sh-- sherlock. But i'll get slated!

JO4 I was between the devil and the deep blue sea. If I'd said you could send anything someone would have come back and said you couldn't send drugs etc....................

I have images of Allo, allo and hiding the Madonna with the big boobies in a salami

Yes. I see what you mean movedalot.

It did make perfectly good sense.

harri I loved that programme. The script was very clever. I thought the gendarme was tasty.

Yes - you could have said "You're allowed to send anything that you're allowed to send..." (But we still wouldn't be any the wiser about bacon!)

How about sending a pig instead?

If it's vacuum packed it would last. That's the sum of my contribution

I found this information about sending things from outside the EU, but I know many people buy a lot of food from Tesco and have it delivered to France. I will do some further research.

. Home >> The Embassy >> Departments >> Customs Office >> Information for private individuals - Food, Meat and Dairy Products

In view of the continuing risk of serious animal diseases being introduced into the Community via personal imports, Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/2004 permanently prohibits all personal consignments of meat, meat products, milk and milk products from entering the EU, including packages sent to private persons.

Travellers are, however, allowed to bring in limited quantities of infant or specialist food required for medical purposes from all third countries, providing that:

• such products do not require refrigeration before opening,

• that they are packaged proprietary brand products for direct sale to the final consumer,

• and the packaging is unbroken unless in current use.

Extensive information available at: http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/animalproducts/personal_imports/index_en.htm

Well, what a cheek, I was robbed by a mean minded customs officer!I can still picture the glee on his face as he held aloft my sausage after searching the whole car and finding nothing else.
Just checked and you can send/ bring in cooked/ cured meat products between EU countries.

He was probably so pleased to have bagged a free lunch!

www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/banned-restricted.htm
Hmm this is confusing information

I resorted to Google (as always when I don't know) and there are several online firms who will send British Goodies to ex-pats. Presumably they have negotiated their way round all the legalities - and they will package them suitably. here is the one that came first on Google's list:-

www.britishcornershop.co.uk/

(I am not advertising. I know nothing about this firm except that they seem to be high up on the Google list so must be popular)

PS They have bacon.

All the sites I have consulted, including French and British customs and Defra, say it is allowed to send meat products within the EU. I think there were temporary restrictions during the foot and mouth epidemic.
I couldn't give blood, though, even when I was young enough, and they don't want my organs!

DD has an English shop where she can buy Waitrose food. They will also take your order for Argos and take it back to Brussels (where she lives)

My supermarket gets some bacon and English sausages occasionally and I swoop on them. They are virtually the only things I miss here, apart from gravy granules

I never use gravy granules so I reckon I could live without them. I think I could manage without most things, you just adapt to what is available.