Taking food into the EU from UK

[nooverheadlighting]

Hi everyone, I've looked at previous posts on this and the EU guidelines but wonder if anyone could help me where it gets a bit vague.

We're arriving into France on a Sunday afternoon so supermarkets are closed.

In a border check, would sealed bags of oats, lentils, rice, tinned foods and nuts be allowed, do you know?

Thanks in advance to all who can advise.

I believe the only foods that cannot be brought is meat and dairy so you should be ok with those.

That sounds OK to me, it's meat and dairy that are problematic. Not sure of your tins have meat, but the tinned aspect might counteract the ban.

Yes it’s meat and dairy in any form, even tinned.

Those things would all be fine but if you can get to a supermarket on Monday I don't see why you would want to take most of that unless cost related

I'd rather eat out on my first day.

Thanks all, we won't have any meat and dairy.
I'm just particularly confused as to what constitutes 'plant products'.. I see that the only fruits allowed are pineapple, banana, coconut, durian and dates but can't find any info re dried foods from plants (rice, nuts etc)!

Surprised they allow Durian in, it honks.

But then they have epoisses, which I love, so....

I think seeds may be an issue but rice, pasta, nuts should all be ok.

@murasaki most restaurants in France are closed on Sunday evenings. We went end of May and our hotel restaurant was close due to a large event at lunchtime but was able to give the the name of 2! restaurants we could go to.
When we arrived on Saturday there were tons open.

@nooverheadlighting we found that take away pizzarias or similar fast food shops were open, I would look what is around the area you are based and see if you find something.

Your chances of being stopped when going on holiday are pretty much zero. Ditto your chances of being fined half your holiday budget for not having One Fluorescent Safety Jacket For Every Person That Your Car Is Legally Registered To Carry.

In addition, nobody is interested in any food that has been obviously packaged and processed, especially when coming from the UK. The rules are to stop people from bringing in products in wholesale quantities from parts of the world with poor farm hygiene standards, plus the occasional suitcase full of bush meat on flights from Africa. The famous "Welcome to the Brexit, sir" stop of the guy eating a ham sandwich when entering the Netherlands on the first day after the end of the transition period was almost certainly staged.

you are only allowed a small amount of food for consumption during the crossing.

in reality hardly anyone is checked at the border