Food (fish, meat, vegetables and fruit) · Royal Mail / Parcelforce
What is the restriction type for Food (fish, meat, vegetables and fruit) · Royal Mail / Parcelforce?
For Food (fish, meat, vegetables and fruit), carrier is Royal Mail / Parcelforce; restriction type is restricted; scope is UK; some International services prohibited; conditions is Must be packed to withstand a journey of up to two days and sent by a guaranteed next day service as a minimum within the UK; packages clearly labelled PERISHABLE; export of foodstuffs to certain destinations on Globalpriority and Globalvalue is prohibited, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.
Fish, meat, vegetables and fruit may be sent through the post but they should be packed to withstand a journey of up to two days and must be sent by a guaranteed next day service as a minimum requirement within the UK.
— corporate.postoffice.co.uk, retrieved 2026-08-10
- Item or substance
- Food (fish, meat, vegetables and fruit)
- Carrier
- Royal Mail / Parcelforce our reading
- Restriction type
- restricted our reading
- Scope
- UK; some International services prohibited our reading
- Conditions
- Must be packed to withstand a journey of up to two days and sent by a guaranteed next day service as a minimum within the UK; packages clearly labelled PERISHABLE; export of foodstuffs to certain destinations on Globalpriority and Globalvalue is prohibited.
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- corporate.postoffice.co.ukhttps://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/media/w5dlus1c/foia-response_foi2025_00179_appendix-d_rm-dangerous-goods-and-prohibited-and-restricted.pdf