UK visitors to popular European destinations will be blocked from taking favourite food items on holiday under entry rules to contain the spread of coronavirus and prevent new variants. The European Commission states that people arriving into the EU from outside the bloc - which now includes the UK - cannot bring meat, milk or other dairy products with them.
This means it is illegal to take items such as cheese and ham sandwiches from the UK into Spain and other holiday hotspots within the European Union. The European Commission's website states that anyone found to be in possession of these goods "may be liable for costs or penalties."
It outlines: “Personal goods containing meat, milk or their products brought into the EU continue to present a real threat to animal health throughout the Union. It is known, for example, that dangerous pathogens that cause animal diseases, such as Foot and Mouth Disease and classical swine fever can reside in meat, milk or their products.
