Bringing manuka honey home from NZ

[irishguy]

I'm wondering if anyone knows the legality of bringing a few jars of manuka honey home from NZ. I've a family member returning home from NZ for Christmas and he's wanting to bring me a few jars of the local honey where he's staying but wanting to know will customs have a different idea and seize it on vat or health and safety grounds.

 

[Russel]

Check here FSA

 

[Jimy Dee]

Ahaa - is that tbe manuka honey laced with cocain or the stuff with heroin ? Try explaining it to some thick customs and excise punter. Phone dublin airport and ask for the customs department.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Ahaa - is that tbe manuka honey laced with cocain or the stuff with heroin ? Try explaining it to some thick customs and excise punter. Phone dublin airport and ask for the customs department.

It happens more often than you think - drugs in suspension was always a pain for us to test on the bench. We Border officers (no such thing as Customs and Excise anymore over here)were often astounded at the rubbish the thick traveller would think it OK to bring back to the country. And if anyone is daft enough to bring that rubbish Manooky back to this country - deserves their head read.

 

[irishguy]

It happens more often than you think - drugs in suspension was always a pain for us to test on the bench. We Border officers (no such thing as Customs and Excise anymore over here)were often astounded at the rubbish the thick traveller would think it OK to bring back to the country. And if anyone is daft enough to bring that rubbish Manooky back to this country - deserves their head read.

Why such a daft idea bringing manuka honey home?

 

[irishguy]

Ahaa - is that tbe manuka honey laced with cocain or the stuff with heroin ? Try explaining it to some thick customs and excise punter. Phone dublin airport and ask for the customs department.

Lol you'd be a right nutcase mixing with honey, sure it would destroy it would it not.

 

[irishguy]

Check here FSA

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Why such a daft idea bringing manuka honey home?

Because it's foul tasting rubbish - just a con trick by the New Zealanders to get rid of c@ap honey that noone in their right mids in new Zealand would buy

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Lol you'd be a right nutcase mixing with honey, sure it would destroy it would it not.

not neceesarily - seen cocaine suspended in rum, whisky and a myriad other things you wouldn't believe - in actual fact honey would be a damn good way - the only indication we'd get at the bench would be the viscosity of the liquid it was suspended in - honey being rather large in viscosity anyway would mask one of the indicators.
Don't worry, not giving the wily smuggler any ideas - been tried, were caught, probably just starting to enjoy their freedom again now - until next time........................

 

[Hivemaker.]

...often astounded at the rubbish the thick traveller would think it OK to bring back to the country.

Seen some of the amazing stuff seized on a few of the documentary programs on television, stuff like bits of dead dried monkey, free range pickled hyena goolies...loads of different kinds of stuff that have been left over after a road kill i would imagine.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Seen some of the amazing stuff seized on a few of the documentary programs on television, stuff like bits of dead dried monkey, free range pickled hyena goolies...loads of different kinds of stuff that have been left over after a road kill i would imagine.

Still better than a macdonalds though

 

[Hivemaker.]

Still better than a macdonalds though

probably is, i wouldn't know, never tried any of it, or macdonalds.

 

[irishguy]

Because it's foul tasting rubbish - just a con trick by the New Zealanders to get rid of c@ap honey that noone in their right mids in new Zealand would buy

To be fair jbm, that's a matter of opinion. Me, I like the taste of manuka honey, well any that I've tasted. I know theres alot of manuka honey getting sild that isnt manuka but this is straight from the apiary so can't see it being tamperd with. Seeing as I've became a beek myself, a family member offered to bring me some of the local honey home and IMO, you'd need to be a nutcase to turn it down.

 

[YorkshireBees]

For the UK

"From non-EU countries the following items are restricted:

fruit and vegetables - no more than 2kg total weight combined per person travelling bivalves (live), egg products, eggs and honey"

link - http://tinyurl.com/lagb7eb

A matter of personal opinion on whether it is best practice to have Honey brought in as unless you know 100% it is disease free there is always a risk!

 

[irishguy]

For the UK

"From non-EU countries the following items are restricted:

fruit and vegetables - no more than 2kg total weight combined per person travelling bivalves (live), egg products, eggs and honey"

link - http://tinyurl.com/lagb7eb

A matter of personal opinion on whether it is best practice to have Honey brought in as unless you know 100% it is disease free there is always a risk!

Thanks for that. I'll tell him to keep it to or under the 2kg limit.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

No - it's the fruit and veg that's a maximum of 2KG - just checked, 2KG of honey is allowed but ckeck again to ensure as these things change - but save yourself the hassle - buy a load of cheap supermarket honey and add some creosote - probably do you more good

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

But remember it's not 2 kg of honey in addition to the 2KG of fruit etc.
It's a total of 2KG in combination with : Bivalves (Live); Egg products; Eggs; Frogs legs; Reptile and insect meat; Snail meat.

so take it easy on the pickled lizard and gnat pate or it may take it over the 2K's

Another caveat - we're all assuming that the UK regulations are the same as Eire - it may not be the case, many a fun evening I've had seizing potatoes brought over on the ferries from Cork or Rosslare

 

[irishguy]

but save yourself the hassle - buy a load of cheap supermarket honey and add some creosote - probably do you more good

You sure don't like the NZ manuka honey JBM lol. It can't be that bad!

 

[YorkshireBees]

You sure don't like the NZ manuka honey JBM lol. It can't be that bad!

He's not the only one. I also believe it's an acquired taste and totally over-hyped / priced!

Still everyone has their own taste as I discover every year at the tasting table!

 

[irishguy]

He's not the only one. I also believe it's an acquired taste and totally over-hyped / priced!

Still everyone has their own taste as I discover every year at the tasting table!

I do understand there's to much hype surrounding it but that comes with people looking to earn a crust. You can't deny it has its uses in treating some infections/viruses thou that's not why I'm wanting it. I'm.just curious to know what the local honey tastes like where my family member has been living these few years and at $40NZ for 1kg in glass jars, sure its not going to sting him to much compared to other manuka honey.