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Canned, cooked, preserved, dried, frozen, and highly processed plant products

Examples: Nut bars, protein bars, seed bars, potato chips, crisp, cassava chips, kettle chips, chippy, chippie, cheese puffs, scroggin, any mixture of dried fruits, nuts, seeds & other food items traditionally in trail mixes, oats, barley, rye, rice, flour, quinoa, honey mustard, mustard, sultanas, raisins, dried apricots, jams, chutney, relish, edible bamboo, cooked taro, kimchi, vinegar, dates, grated coconut, Fresh corn, home cooked corn, polenta, corn grit, cornflour, freeze-dried corn, cornmeal, ready-to-cook retail packs, vacuum-packed popcorn on the cob, kibbled corn, popcorn, kava, crystallised bamboo, vanilla extract, vanilla paste, vanilla essence, vanilla pods, Vegemite, Marmite, margarine, basil pesto, noodles, dried spaghetti, fresh penne, almonds, peanuts, cashew, hazelnut, macadamia, walnut, peanut butter, chia seeds, poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, lentil, broad bean, chickpea, mung, peas, pulse, hemp seed flour, soya sauce, tofu, soya flour, soya curd, cooked soya, frozen soya, soya milk, split soya beans, grit beans, kibbled soya beans, tempeh, green tea, earl grey, English breakfast, chamomile, kombucha tea, herbal tea, rose petal tea, cocoa beans, powdered cocoa, nibs, ground coffee, green coffee beans, granulated coffee, roasted coffee beans, decaffeinated whole beans, coffee pods, cola, orange juice, lemonade, rice milk, oat milk, soya milk, almond milk, coconut milk, cashew milk, flax milk, quinoa milk, hazelnut milk, hemp milk, sunflower milk, muffins, cakes, bread, scones, fruitcake, Christmas cake, cookies, biscuits, cassava bread, chocolate, candy, lollies, sweets, treats, sweetie, nougat, fondant icing, sugar paste for cakes, marzipan, confectionery, soda, hops, homemade meals, commercially made meals, dehydrated camping meals, curry, sandwiches, home dehydrated food, cereal
Allowed if:

It is identifiable, you cannot grow plants from the product, and is clean and free of biosecurity contamination like bugs, soil, or disease.

  • If it is salted seaweed, corn-on-the-cob, Ganoderma products, it must be commercially manufactured and packaged. 
  • If it is unground tea, herbs, roots, spices it must be commercially manufactured and packaged, and in its original unopened packaging. 
  • If it is dried and frozen tamarind it must be compressed pulp. 
  • If it is dried legumes, it must be split or ground. 
  • If it is homemade muesli, bars, or snack it must be baked. 
  • If it is dried nuts, it must come without a shell. Pine nut must also be extracted from the cone and be free of the cone scales (woody covering). Ginkgo nut must also be with no fleshy material. 
  • If it is frozen avocado, it must come without its seed or stone.  
  • If it is frozen lily bulbs, it must be peeled.

If any plant products contain honey, egg, or meat it must also be commercially manufactured and packaged, in its original unopened packaging, does not require refrigeration, and the packaging clearly states the amount of honey is less than 2%, egg is less than 5%, and/or meat is less than 5% of the products weight.

If any plant products contain citrus products it must also be dried, then either: powdered; or preserved in brine or syrup; or contained in infusion bags; or less than 5% of the product’s weight.
Extra tip:

Do not bring fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, jackfruit products, breadfruit products, monk fruit products, truffles, pink pepper, wolfberry (black goji), woody fungi, puy lentils, poppy seed type papaver somniferum, whole tonka beans, fresh vanilla pods, pasta salad, frozen unprocessed citrus peel and leaves, frozen fungi species that are not Agaricus bisporus, Boletus edulis, Cantharellus cibarius, Craterellus cornucopioides, Lentinula edodes, Marasmius oreades, Morchella conica and Morchella esculentus, frozen unprocessed legumes, sprouting legumes, frozen seaweed and algae, frozen unprocessed gains and seeds, whole grain and seeds that are not “Basic” with the Plants Biosecurity Index (PBI)

We recommend storing your homemade products, like meals and preserves, within clear packaging. It reduces the chance for it to be opened during an inspection.

Some plant products are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), like whole/sliced American Ginseng root (xi yang shen). They may require CITES documentation to be imported or may be prohibited.

Find out about CITES – Department of Conservation

Weight limit:

2kg per product, if it contains no meat or egg.

Otherwise the weight limit is 1kg.
Declare the item? Yes
Inspection required? Yes
Clearance guaranteed?

No

Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance 

 

Extracts, powders, pastes, syrups, and oils

Examples: Olive oil, avocado oil, coconut oil, hemp oil, cocoa butter, maple syrup, treacle, vanilla paste
Allowed if: It is commercially manufactured and packaged, and sourced from plants.
Extra tip:

Do not bring syrup containing honey.

Do not bring hemp oil containing tetrahydrocannabinol or THC.
Weight limit: 2kg per product
Declare the item? Yes
Inspection required? Yes
Clearance guaranteed?

No

Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance 

 

Fresh fruit and vegetables

Examples: Mandarin, orange, banana, apple
  These products are not allowed to be brought to New Zealand.

 

Mooncakes 

Example: Mooncake with whole egg
Allowed if: It is commercially manufactured and packaged, in its original unopened packaging, does not contain meat, and does not require refrigeration.
Weight limit: 10kg
Declare the item? Yes
Inspection required? Yes
Clearance guaranteed?

No

Check our legal disclaimer to find out why we can't guarantee clearance 

 

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