Bringing in food

There are no restrictions on bringing in food of EU origin, however, food and food products from third countries will be subject to quantitative restrictions

For milk, meat and other products of animal origin from all Member States of the European Union (EU) there is no restriction if they are brought in personal luggage or sent as a consignment to private persons.

There are also no restrictions in the European Union for low-risk neighbouring countries: Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland for the introduction of meat, milk and their products, fish and fishery products and other products of animal origin, including powdered milk for infants, infant formula and special food used for medical reasons and pet food used for health reasons.

Quantitative limits

All other countries are subject to limitations in the amount that you can enter into Croatia without checking the border veterinary inspector. 
The quantitative restrictions on the intake of food by passengers for their personal use without inspection by the border veterinary inspector are set out in the table below.

 

PRODUCTS/COUNTRIES	Third countries (e.g. BiH, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, etc.)	Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland
Small quantities of meat and milk and meat and milk products	Entry not allowed	10 kg per person/passenger
Powdered milk for infants, infant formula and special foods used for medical reasons provided that: not to require refrigeration before opening, it is a commercially packaged product clearly labelled by the manufacturer (the product must not be prepared at home), and the packaging has not been opened unless the product is currently in use	2 kg per person or passenger	10 kg per person or passenger
Pet food used for health reasons provided that: not to require refrigeration before opening, it is a commercially packaged product clearly labelled by the manufacturer (the product must not be prepared at home), and the packaging has not been opened unless the product is currently in use	2 kg per person or per consignment	10 kg per person or per consignment
Petfood containing milk or meat	Entry not allowed	10 kg per person or per consignment
Animal products such as honey, eggs, egg products, snail meat, frog legs and live bivalve molluscs (mussels and oysters)	2 kg per person or per consignment	10 kg per person or per consignment
Fishery products (including fresh, dried, cooked, salted or smoked fish and certain crustaceans or molluscs such as shrimps, crustaceans, mussels not live and oysters not live) provided that: the fresh fish is eviscerated (gutted); and the total weight of fishery products or the weight of one fish per person does not exceed 20 kilograms, whichever is the greater,	20 kg per person or per consignment and no restrictions on goods from the Faroe Islands and Iceland!
Honey in honeycomb	Not allowed
Eggs intended for human consumption from South Korea, China and Malaysia	Not allowed
Bread, cakes, biscuits, waffles and wafers, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products with less than 20% of processed dairy products and egg products which are shelf-stable at room temperature or have undergone a complete cooking or heat treatment process uniformly throughout the product, so that all raw products are denatured	Quantities for personal use
Chocolate and confectionery (including sweets) with less than 50% of processed dairy and egg products that are shelf-stable at room temperature or have undergone a complete cooking or heat treatment process uniformly throughout the product, so that all raw product is denatured	Quantities for personal use
Soup concentrates and flavour improvers packaged for the final consumer with less than 50% of fish oils, powders or extracts that are durable at room temperature or have undergone complete cooking or heat treatment throughout the product, so that all raw product is denatured	Quantities for personal use
Olives stuffed with fish, pasta and noodles not mixed or stuffed with meat products with less than 50% of processed dairy products and egg products that are shelf-stable at room temperature or have undergone a complete cooking or heat treatment process uniformly throughout the product so that all raw product is denatured	Quantities for personal use
Food additives packaged for the final consumer containing minor quantities (less than 20% in total) of processed animal products (including glucosamine, chondroitin or whitosan or chondroitin and whitosan combined) other than meat products.	Quantities for personal use

Quantities exceeding the quantities indicated in the table are subject to veterinary inspection and must be accompanied by a veterinary certificate and can be introduced into the Republic of Croatia/EU only through border crossings at which the border veterinary inspection operates (Bajakovo border crossings, Stara Gradiska, Nova Sela, Karasovici, Port of Rijeka, Port of Ploce, Zagreb Airport).

More information on the introduction of food and other products of animal origin can be found in the accompanying informative leaflet of the Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and Fisheries, veterinary and food Safety Directorate and on the official website of the European Union.