Travelling

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

There are no restrictions regarding meat, milk and other animal products from any Member State of the European Union (EU) if brought in in personal baggage or sent as consignment to private persons.

Also, restrictions do not apply to low-risk neighbouring countries of the European Union: Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino, and Switzerland when bringing in meat and milk and their products, fish and fishery products and other animal products, including powdered infant milk, infant food and special foods required for medical reasons, as well as petfood required for health-related reasons.

Quantitative restrictions

For all other countries there are restrictions in terms of the quantity that you can bring into Croatia for personal use and without being subject to veterinary checks at border inspection posts. 
Quantitative restrictions regarding food being brought in by passengers for their personal needs, without being subject to veterinary checks at border inspection posts, are listed 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, as well as meat and milk products Entry not allowed 10 kg per person/passenger
Powdered infant milk, infant food and special foods required for medical reasons, under the conditions that these products:
  • do not require refrigeration before opening;
  • are commercially packaged products clearly marked with the manufacturer's mark (the product may not be made at home); and
  • have not had their packaging opened, unless the product is in current use
 2 kg per person or passenger 10 kg per person or passenger
Petfood required for health-related reasons, under the conditions that these products:
  • do not require refrigeration before opening;
  • are commercially packaged products clearly marked with the manufacturer's mark (the product may not be made at home); and
  • have not had their packaging opened, unless the product is in current 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, frogs’ 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, cured or smoked fish, and certain shellfish, such as prawns, lobsters, dead mussels and dead oysters) provided that:
  • fresh fish are eviscerated (disembowelled); and
  • the total weight of the fishery products or the weight of one fish, per person, does not exceed 20 kilograms, whichever weight is the highest
 20 kg per person or per consignment, while no restrictions apply to goods coming from the Faeroe Islands or Iceland!
Comb honey Not allowed
Eggs intended for human consumption coming from South Korea, China or Malaysia Not allowed
Bread, cakes, biscuits, waffles and wafers, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products, containing less than 20 % of processed dairy and egg products, that are shelf-stable at ambient temperature or have clearly undergone in their manufacture a complete cooking or heat treatment process throughout their substance, so that any raw product is denatured Quantities for personal use
Chocolate and confectionery (including sweets), containing less than 50 % of processed dairy and egg products, that are shelf-stable at ambient temperature or have clearly undergone in their manufacture a complete cooking or heat treatment process throughout their substance, so that any raw product is denatured Quantities for personal use
Soup stocks and flavourings packaged for the final consumer, containing less than 50 % of fish oils, fish powders or fish extracts, that are shelf-stable at ambient temperature or have clearly undergone in their manufacture a complete cooking or heat treatment process throughout their substance, so that any raw product is denatured Quantities for personal use
Olives stuffed with fish, and pasta and noodles not mixed or filled with meat product, containing less than 50 % of processed dairy and egg products, that are shelf-stable at ambient temperature or have clearly undergone in their manufacture a complete cooking or heat treatment process throughout their substance, so that any raw product is denatured Quantities for personal use
Food supplements packaged for the final consumer, containing small amounts (in total less than 20%) of processed animal products (including glucosamine, chondroitin and/or chitosan) other than meat products, Quantities for personal use

Quantities exceeding the quantities specified in the table will be subject to veterinary checks and must be accompanied by a veterinary certificate and can only be entered in the Republic of Croatia/EU through border crossing points operating as border inspection posts carrying out veterinary checks (border crossing points Bajakovo, Stara Gradiška, Nova Sela, Karasovići, Port of Rijeka, Port of Ploče, Zagreb Airport).

More information about the entry of food and other animal products can be found in the information leaflet of the Veterinary and Food Safety Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture or at the Taking animal products, food or plants with you web page.