Milk on night time ferry

[Lazyhazydays]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, sorry if not.

We are taking our 19 month old to France in a few weeks, getting the overnight ferry to st Malo. He still has a bottle of whole milk before bed. He will be having a late night obviously and in a strange place so I think it will be important for him to have his milk but checking regulations we can't take milk into the EU.

He doesn't have powdered formula anymore (not since 12 months) and I don't want to buy a whole tub for one night.

Anyone been in this situation and have any idea what we can do? I don't want to take milk off the ferry, just use it for the bedtime routine not long after we set off. Thanks

If you’re on the overnight ferry, can’t you just buy a glass of milk from the bar / cafe and fe and it into a bottle?

That was meant to say decant it into a bottle!

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I'd agree with the above, but also personally I wouldn't hesitate to take a pint of milk in a small coolbag in the car, and take it on to the ferry. You could then just tip the reminder away before disembarking.

Could you prepare a baby bottle of milk - sterilise the bottle, add milk, put in a cool bag. They'd hardly take that off you going on the ferry would they? It's obvious it's to be used imminently.
Do they do much checking going onto ferries anyway if you have 'nothing to declare'?

We’ve taken milk in a flask before, wasn’t aware it was a problem. They have milk on the ferry though, so you could just buy it on there if you’re worried.

Thanks all, I hoped they would have milk on the ferry but I also thought I'd be able to get milk at a service station (even just from a Starbucks or cafe type place) and I tried that a couple of weeks ago and they didn't have any whole milk at 7am (for breakfast) so I wanted to be prepared in case!

I'll decant it in the bottle so it is obvious if they check.

Last time we went was a few years ago (before child) and they did check the car at Portsmouth, had to unload a few bags for them to check. First time it had ever happened in about 15 years of ferry crossings but goes to show it can happen!

Thanks for advice everyone:)

Perhaps it's different on ferries (though I would doubt it), but on the Eurostar, and I think too on coaches, travelling from the UK to the EU you can take whatever food and drink you like with you, as long as it's consumed by the time you set foot in the EU. There have been a few threads on this same issue recently, with posters saying this. Eurostar even specifically state this on their website.

We have sailed the overnight ferry to st malo many times- once the car was checked (they opened the boot that was it) there is a microwave area in the canteen for baby things, plus a kettle in your room too.

Honestly, I don't think anyone will care if you have a small bottle of milk in a cool bag, but if not, of course they will have milk on the ferry to give/sell you. You may also be pleasantly surprised to fin DC is adaptable!