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Choose the type of meal or ingredient product:
- Commercially made meals
- Extracts, powders, pastes, syrups, and oils
- Home-made meals
- Margarine, Vegemite and like products
- Pasta and noodles
- Pesto
- Sauces and dressings
- Starters, enzymes, and yeast
- Stocks and floss
Extracts, powders, pastes, syrups, and oils
| Examples: | Olive oil, avocado oil, coconut oil, hemp oil, cocoa butter, maple syrup, treacle, vanilla paste |
| Allowed if: | It is commercially manufactured and packaged, and sourced from plants. |
| Extra tip: |
Do not bring syrup containing honey. Do not bring hemp oil containing tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. |
| Weight limit: | 2kg per product |
| Declare the item? | Yes |
| Inspection required? | Yes |
| Clearance guaranteed? |
No Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance |
Meals – commercially made
| Examples: | Dehydrated camping meals |
| Allowed if: | It has been commercially manufactured and packaged, in its original unopened packaging, does not require refrigeration, and contains less than 5% meat which is stated on the packaging. |
| Extra tip: |
Do not bring meals containing pork Do not bring products from Indonesia. |
| Weight limit: | None |
| Declare the item? | Yes |
| Inspection required? | Yes |
| Clearance guaranteed? |
No Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance |
Meals – home-made
| Examples: | Curry, sandwiches, home dehydrated food |
| Allowed if: | It does not contain meat, jackfruit, breadfruit, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, or honey. |
| Extra tip: | Store your home-made meal within clear packaging. It reduces the chance for it to be opened during an inspection. |
| Weight limit: | 2kg per product |
| Declare the item? | Yes |
| Inspection required? | Yes |
| Clearance guaranteed? |
No Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance |
Margarine, Vegemite and like products
| Examples: |
Vegemite, Marmite, margarine |
| Allowed if: | It does not contain fresh fruit. |
| Weight limit: | 2kg per product |
| Declare the item? | Yes |
| Inspection required? | Yes |
| Clearance guaranteed? |
No Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance |
Pesto
| Examples: | Basil pesto |
| Allowed if: | It is commercially manufactured and packaged |
| Weight limit: | 2kg per product |
| Declare the item? | Yes |
| Inspection required? | Yes |
| Clearance guaranteed? |
No Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance |
Pasta and noodles
| Examples: | Noodles, dried spaghetti, fresh penne |
| Allowed if: | It does not contain liquid honey, loose fresh fruit, loose fresh vegetables, loose raw seeds, citrus peel (not candied), or meat. If it contains egg it also needs to be commercially manufactured and packaged, in its original unopened packaging, and not require refrigeration. |
| Extra tip: | Do not bring pasta salad into New Zealand. |
| Weight limit: | 2kg per product |
| Declare the item? | Yes |
| Inspection required? | Yes |
| Clearance guaranteed? |
No Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance |
Sauces and dressings
| Examples: | Barbecue sauce, vinaigrette, soya sauce, tomato sauce, mayonnaise, salad dressings |
| Allowed if: | It does not contain liquid honey, loose fresh fruit, loose fresh vegetables, loose raw seeds, citrus peel (not candied), or meat.
If it contains egg it also needs to be commercially manufactured and packaged, in its original unopened packaging, the label states less than 20% egg and not require refrigeration. |
| Weight limit: |
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| Declare the item? | Yes |
| Inspection required? | Yes |
| Clearance guaranteed? |
No Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance |
Starters, enzymes and yeast
| Examples: | Yeast, brewers kit, scoby, miso paste, koji rice starter, tempeh Starter, kefir |
| Allowed if: | It is commercially manufactured and packaged. |
| Extra tips: | If you are bringing starters, enzymes, or yeast, check with New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority: neworganisms@epa.govt.nz New Zealand Environment Protection Authority is responsible for the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996. Starters, enzymes and yeast can be new organisms to New Zealand which they would want to check before it enters New Zealand. |
| Weight limit: | None |
| Declare the item? | Yes |
| Inspection required? | Yes |
| Clearance guaranteed? |
No Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance |
Stocks and floss
| Examples: | Stock cubes, stock flavouring, floss |
| Allowed if: | It is commercially manufactured and packaged, in its original unopened packaging, does not require refrigeration, and does not require further cooking before consumption but may require rehydration or reheating prior to consumption. |
| Extra tip: |
Do not bring pork stock and floss products. Do not bring products from Indonesia. |
| Weight limit: | 1kg |
| Declare the item? | Yes |
| Inspection required? | Yes |
| Clearance guaranteed? |
No Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance |
