Can you bring meat or dairy products to Kenya?

• Meat & dairy

  depends on specifics

  Kenya's Meat Control (Importation of Meat and Meat Products) Regulations require an import permit from the Director of Veterinary Services for meat or meat-product imports, via written application, a fee, and 24 hours' advance notice to the port of entry.

  This regulation reads as built for commercial importers, not obviously for a tourist carrying a personal quantity of cured meat or cheese — don't assume an ordinary traveler needs to apply for a Director-of-Veterinary-Services permit before a trip, but also don't assume they're exempt; Kenya's own page doesn't draw that line explicitly. Found via a search-snippet quote of the regulation text, not a direct fetch (403'd).

  Also covers: meat, dairy, cheese, milk

  Checked 2026-09-16 — Source: Kenya Law — The Meat Control (Importation of Meat and Meat Products) Regulations

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