food in cabin bags

Hi,

we are travelling for the 1st time this week with no hold luggage.

normally we bring packs of frozen bacon with us, does anyone know if its possible to carry frozen food in hand baggage ?

It will not be frozen when you get here  but I thoughtt it was illegal to bring in meat products anyway

Hi

There is a rarft of EU regulations that say you can't, just google it, also regulations from defra in the uk concerning the spread of foot and mouth. You could just take a flyer with it though (pardon the pun), the worst that could happen is that it would be confiscated. I often take my mum a pack of serrano ham when I visit the uk.

S

why bother? You can get English bacon in many places in Spain you know - Lidle, Consum, Carrefour etc. etc.

Irene

This relates to people coming in to Spain from outside the EU, so has no relevance to someone travelling from the UK (or any other EU member state) to Spain. 

Sanchez1

you are correct my error

Travelling from a country within the
European Union (EU)
If you are travelling from a country within the
EU (see the list below), you can bring in any meat,
dairy or other animal products, as long as they are
free from diseases and for your own consumption.
Meat and dairy products
Any other animal product
for example, fish, bivalves (such as oysters,
mussels or clams), honey and eggs.

We always carry in our hand luggage things like sausages, bacon and cheese and never had a problem. Occasionally the bag gets searched as the sausages must look rather suspicious but never had them taken off of us! This is with both Ryanair and Easyjet.

 When I was travelling out to Spain in July with Ryanair I took sausages, bacon and cheese (I take bacon because I don't like thick cut stuff) without any problem and I ended up having to take them out my hand luggage (made it too heavy) and put them in my jacket pocket (learned that from the guy on the TV)

Linda

Thanks for the info folks. I wondered about bring cheese from UK next visit.

Jean

If you will be on the Costa del Sol there is an ICELAND in Fuengirola!

Loads of ENGLISH FOOD!

Need i say, Spanish food is just as good!

Joan

Hi Joan

I must agree with you about Spanish food but have not found a Spanish cheese we like as much as the crumbly English cheeses. Can you recommend any? I prefer to buy from Spanish shops if I can.

Jean

PS We have an Iceland near us in San Javier