- Food and agriculture
- Animals and plants
- Animal welfare
- Contagious animal diseases
- Animal medication
- Animal breeding, registration and identification
- Animal by-products and derived products
- Feeds and animal nutrition
- Fertiliser products
- Seed production, plant breeding and wild oats
- Plant propagating material
- Plant protection
- Import and export of plants
- Forests
- Rural areas
- Fisheries
- Wildlife and game
- Water
- Land surveying and spatial information
- Nature and climate
- Bioeconomy and circular economy
- Research and development
- EU and international affairs
Importing food of animal origin from non-EU countries
Foodstuffs of animal origin include meat, meat products, milk, milk-based products, fishery products, birds’ eggs and egg products, honey and other apiculture products, frogs’ legs and snails. Foodstuffs of animal origin also include composite products that contain processed products of animal origin. “Imports” refer to the movement of food of animal origin from non-EU countries (“third countries”) to the EU. However, if the foodstuffs are brought from a country that is considered equal with EU Member States based on an agreement between the country and the EU, the movement is not considered importation from a third country but import from the internal market. Such countries include, for example, Norway and Switzerland.
Further information
Kirsti Huovinen, Senior Specialist
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ruokaosasto, Eläin- ja kasvinterveyden yksikkö Telephone:0295162182 [email protected]