What happens if the food I wish to import for personal consumption exceeds the amounts specified?
Where a personal import of food is in excess of the amounts specified for private consumption the following options are available: • Arrange to take with you/send only the amount of food allowed, per person, of a particular kind of food (the balance is destroyed by AQIS), or • You may have the option of having the food treated as a commercial consignment. This means that the food may be subject to inspection or inspection and analysis under the provisions of the Imported Food Control Act 1992 which are set out in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. As the importer of a commercial consignment, you will be responsible for: • the costs associated with lodging an entry with Australian Customs and Border Protection Service • the cost of the inspection and the cost of any laboratory analysis, should an inspection of the food be required.
