# Food (fish, meat, vegetables and fruit) — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

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.

- **Item category:** Food (fish, meat, vegetables and fruit) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail / Parcelforce _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** UK; some International services prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 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.

## Source

- https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/media/w5dlus1c/foia-response_foi2025_00179_appendix-d_rm-dangerous-goods-and-prohibited-and-restricted.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).