brining cake home

[uktigger]

hi all
i was wondering about buying those little cake boxes (the ones you give your guests a piece of wedding cake in)so that i can bring a piece of our wedding cake home to our parents would i be stopped if i had them in my handbag?it would be such a shame if we had to throw the cake away

thanks eve

 

[LIGrumpyGirl]

We brought TWO boxes of cake home with us to NY! We put it in our fridge (DVC) and turned it up really high. It was about frozen. Made it to the airport and home! I even left my Harry Potter book on the plane worrying about the cake so much!

 

[uktigger]

hi
thank you for your reply our wedding will be taking place in the last couple of days of our trip so hopefully if i request a fridge it'll keep

thanks again eve

 

[PrincessMo]

I had this same question about the anniversary layer. What happens with that? I am getting married in the early part of a 2 week trip. What have previous brides done about the anniversary layer??

Thanks everyone.

 

[Laurafoster]

I didnt think we were allowed to bring food back through to the UK in hand luggage anymore? i saw someone have all theirs taken off them at Customs?

 

[uktigger]

oh that would be a shame i'm going to have to find out if this can be done maybe i will ring the tour operator

eve

 

[Laurafoster]

I might be wrong! i just dont want to end up saving it and then being told i cant take it! If you do find out please let me know!

 

[janine]

Restrictions on Imports of Food Products into the UK


The British High Commission would like to remind anyone intending to travel to the UK that new EU rules on the personal importation of meat, milk, other products of animal origin and plants came into force on 1 January 2003. Below is a summary of the new rules that apply to travellers entering the UK.


MEAT/MEAT PRODUCTS, MILK/MILK PRODUCTS


1. Personal imports (including personal baggage and packages sent to individuals for personal consumption) are prohibited.


2. Powdered baby milk, infant food, special foods required for medical reasons, provided (a) they do not require refrigeration before opening, (b) they are proprietary brands, (c) the packaging is intact, may be imported. However, these goods must be carried in the personal luggage of a traveller and must be intended for their personal consumption or that of an infant travelling with them. Products sent by post or carrier are not permitted.


3. Small quantities of meat, milk and their products may be brought in from Andorra, Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland. The goods must be carried in the personal luggage of a traveller and must be intended for their personal consumption. Products sent by post or carrier are not permitted.


4. All other meat, meat products, milk or milk products must be surrendered at the Customs Red Point on arrival in the UK.


PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN NOT CONTAINING MEAT OR MILK DERIVATIVES
(E.G. FISH, EGGS, EGG PRODUCTS, HONEY).


5. Travellers may import up to 1kg (total weight) of these products per person provided they: either


(a) come from a third country or part of a third country from which Member States authorise the importation of the product or products concerned - a list will shortly be available on the DEFRA Websiteand


(b) are not subject to any prohibition by any European Community legislation in force on the date of import or


(c) have undergone heat treatment in a hermetically sealed container to an FO value of 3.00 or more.

 

[rosiejo]

hmm that's interesting - there are 8 of us so I'm sure we'll demolish the cake - I hadn't thought about trying to bring any back - looks like you can't as it contains dairy - although I have asked that ours be dairy free as I can't eat it!