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🇦🇺 Australia

Australia food entry guide

Check Australia food entry, restricted items and declaration requirements before packing. Read the conditions for your exact ingredients and processing.

Declaration

Answer the food, plant and animal-product questions on your arrival declaration. Tell a biosecurity officer if unsure.

Personal travel baggage. Check manufacturing origin and state quarantine conditions.

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🇦🇺 Australia! Conditional

Ramen & cup noodles

Commercial instant noodles have ingredient and manufacturing-origin conditions.

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🇦🇺 Australia? Check required

Kimchi

Do not apply shelf-stable preserved-vegetable conditions to refrigerated kimchi.

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🇦🇺 Australia! Conditional

Gochujang

Check sauce/paste cooking and sealing conditions for gochujang.

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🇦🇺 Australia△ Restricted

Meat

Uncanned meat from countries other than New Zealand needs permit conditions checked.

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🇦🇺 Australia! Conditional

Jerky

Pork jerky is not permitted; other jerky has origin and packaging conditions.

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🇦🇺 Australia△ Restricted

Spam, ham & sausages

Check origin for retorted Spam and permit conditions for refrigerated ham or sausages.

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🇦🇺 Australia△ Restricted

Fish & seafood

Fish, prawns and molluscs have different conditions.

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🇦🇺 Australia! Conditional

Nuts

Check approved nut species, processing, shells and packaging.

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🇦🇺 Australia? Check required

Dried fruit

Dried fruit can have seed, peel and commodity-specific conditions.

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🇦🇺 Australia! Conditional

Coffee

Distinguish roasted, ground or instant coffee from green beans.

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🇦🇺 Australia! Conditional

Tea

Plain black/green tea and herbal blends have different conditions.

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🇦🇺 Australia! Conditional

Honey

Honey is inspected and Western Australia has additional conditions.

△ DeclareDetails →
🇦🇺 Australia! Conditional

Milk & dairy

Check commercial packaging and an approved FMD-free origin label.

△ DeclareDetails →
🇦🇺 Australia! Conditional

Cheese

Cheese follows dairy origin conditions and inspection.

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🇦🇺 Australia! Conditional

Infant formula

Formula limits depend on manufacturing country and whether an infant accompanies you.

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More foods — awaiting review (15)

We have not verified these product-specific conditions yet. Ask the official authority before packing.

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