Can you bring meat or dairy products to South Korea?

• Meat & dairy

  prohibited

  Meat and poultry (beef, pork, lamb, chicken and processed forms like ham, sausage and jerky) and dairy (milk, cheese, butter) are barred from entry — even an in-flight meal containing these can't be carried off the plane. A commonly cited 'up to KRW 10 million' fine figure appears only in secondary travel-blog sources, not this page itself — don't treat that specific number as confirmed.

  Also covers: meat, dairy, cheese, milk, beef, pork, chicken

  Checked 2026-09-16 — Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official) — Animal/Plant Quarantine

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