Can you bring meat or dairy products to China?

• Meat & dairy

  prohibited

  "(生或熟)肉类(含脏器类)及其制品" (meat, raw or cooked, including organ meat and products thereof) and "动物源性乳及乳制品，包括生乳、巴氏杀菌乳、灭菌乳、调制乳、发酵乳，奶油、黄油、奶酪、炼乳等乳制品" (animal-origin dairy and dairy products, including raw milk, pasteurized milk, sterilized milk, flavored milk, fermented milk, cream, butter, cheese and condensed milk) are both listed as prohibited, quoted directly from Announcement No. 470's actual text.

  Also covers: meat, dairy, cheese, milk, yoghurt, butter

  Checked 2026-09-19 — Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs & General Administration of Customs of China, Announcement No. 470 — List of Animals, Plants, Their Products and Other Quarantine Materials Prohibited from Being Carried or Mailed into the People's Republic of China (via China-Africa SPS Cooperation Information Network)

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