My son goes on a school trip tomorrow to Berlin.. I’m trying to organise snack things for him

[Guest]

Clever people in my phonamebob… I’m looking for a little advice please. My son goes on a school trip tomorrow to Berlin. Bring 15 he eats like a bottomless pit! I’m trying to organise snack things for him (school have said we can do this).

I understand the law with eu countries is no meat or milk products. I’ve been very carefully reading ingredients in his snacks as I wouldn’t want him stopped or his snacks taken.

My question is… where do I stand with sweets…

if they contain gelatine can he take them, or would they be considered a meat by product and not allowed? Sorry for the long post… thanks for reading x

[Hannah]

Products with milk in like chocolate is fine so are crisps and sweets and biscuits etc it’s more actually meat and milk etc that they mean. You will be fine with normal snacks.

[Kelly]

It means no fresh dairy or meat like milk, cheese, fresh meat etc. Not ingredients in products

[Abbie]

It’s the raw products you can’t take, chocolate, biscuits, crisps etc are fine, even if they contain milk etc as it’s cooked within the product.

[Amanda]

Pertains to Fresh meat and fresh dairy.

Unless your going to Australia then its don't even consider taking anything through customs.

[Soph]

You can take sweets and chocolate , crisps , pain au chocolate etc it’s things like meats , cheese and milk , yoghurts you can’t take xx

[Jodie]

My son recently went to Switzerland via coach and we packed sausage rolls/ mini sausages, savour eggs, cheeses strings, dairylea dippers, protein yogurts, milkshakes and much more. If its processed and for your own personal consumption its fine. Its fresh meat and fresh dairy they mean.

[Susanna]

I've taken sweets and chocolate into France many, many times so I would be extremely surprised if they took anything like that away. I think the rules are more intended to deal with fresh meat and dairy products x

[Hazel]

I don't have an answer to the legal side of gelatine in sweets/eu boarders, but Aldi do LOADS of vegan suitable gelatine free gummy sweets now. They're really yummy and cheap.

[Joanne]

My daughter went to Berlin last month with school, she took things like kit kats, crisps, biscuits etc all fine with no problem at all.