Perishable items · Royal Mail / Post Office

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For Perishable items · Royal Mail / Post Office, item category is Perishable items; carrier is Royal Mail / Post Office; restriction type is restricted; scope is UK only (international mail prohibited), recorded from its source on 2026-08-30.

Perishable items (including flowers, fresh fruit, vegetables and frozen or chilled foodstuffs) International – not allowed in the mail UK – allowed in the mail, see restrictions and packaging guidelines below. Note: from 1 May 2025, there are additional prohibitions for perishable items sent from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. This includes meat in all its forms (including pet food), and dairy (including cheese and milk). There are exceptions for confectionary. Cut flowers require certification to be affixed to the parcel. For more details, please follow this link . Please also see the section on 'Plants and seeds for planting (including bulbs, potted plants, potted flowers, plant plugs, shrubs, trees, packets of seeds) Use 1st Class as the minimum service Should be able to withstand a journey of up to 48 hours. (Frozen water and dry ice are prohibited) Must be suitably sealed to prevent leakage or tainting of other items such as in sealed vacuum packs Must be packed in a strong corrugated board box or purpose designed polystyrene pack The sender's name and return address must be clearly visible on the outer packaging Packages must be clearly labelled "PERISHABLE" Additional general advice: Outer packaging - use a strong corrugated board box or purpose designed polystyrene pack. When sending flowers, arrange in layers separated by tissue paper and use waterproof wrapping if including damp moss or phials of water

— postoffice.co.uk, retrieved 2026-08-30