Thank you for that link - I shall make a mental note as they are located in my “hope to retire around here” zone. 
Although I am trying to eat less processed meats for health reasons, I imagine home-cured bacon direct form the farm is the least worst option in that respect.
No of course I’m not! It’s a stupid law that I didn’t vote for. I’m usually a ridiculously law abiding citizen and so be it if personal use sausages have sent me into criminality, I can live with my conscience on this one! Perhaps it’s growing up on a little convict island in the Pacific that’s addled my brain.
@ toryroo You’ll be relieved to hear the sausages and I made it across the channel 
As I type, the tomato and pork delights are sizzling away in the oven 
Not at all, simply ascertaining if you live in a glass house when you’re throwing those stones.
Enjoy, hopefully I’ll have some turning up next week
There used to be a U.K. series called, I think, The Preston Front. It was based around a Territorial Army group. One of the strong storylines was about a couple going through a divorce. In the end it became even more depressing because the wife announced that she was going to emigrate to the USA taking their young daughter with her. Eventually the husband, whose daytime job was working in a garden centre decided it would be best all round if he made the parting as amicable as possible and got together a collection of seeds that the mother and daughter could plant in their new garden to remind them of home.
The husband heard from them soon after their plane had landed in America. They had been arrested for bringing banned items into the country, his seeds. At one point she asked the customs officer what all the fuss was about adding, you would think we had brought cannabis not a bit of grass seed. His reply was interesting.
‘You would have been better off with cannabis, we would have been far more lenient about that. He then went on to explain the level of protection that they needed to ensure that their agricultural products weren’t infected.
Sausages are a bit like that. They’re only sausages. The trouble is that the import restrictions are there for a reason. Brexit highlighted the cost of not having shared food standards and banning cross border travel with certain foodstuffs was based on the possible consequences. I’m not sure that shrugging it off as being like breaking the speed limit is particularly clever.
Adults take responsibility for their actions. Every time we drive we are responsible for our actions and a lack of concentration might end in a small fine. People who are openly breaking banned food restrictions must also take responsibility for their actions and in this case it could have cost them thousands.
Wasn’t a recent outbreak of swine ‘flu or some other pig fever ( blue ear???) ascribed to an illegal import?
It’s not really about sausages per se but meat products in general - it’s about stopping the spread of Foot and Mouth disease.
The UK has a similar ban in the opposite direction.
For simplicity’s sake the ban applies to all meat and dairy products unless they are imported/exported via a commercial route with proper paperwork i.e. a veterinary certificate.
I knew I’d seen something
It’s tougher than biltong for aspiring SA biltong runners -
Shouldn’t be a problem for much longer as UK is due to align with the EU on food
What no more straight bananas 
Glad I’m not the only one round the bend 
Still unlawful.
It’s a temporary restriction not a law.
How are temporary restrictions handled in law? When will they be lifted?
Naughty, but nice?
What a ridiculous thing to state. Of course you can
So everyone thinks I’m a raving criminal 
I believe that Australia can be pretty tight about allowing harmless items through immigration. It’s what countries do. France and the rest of the EU don’t want food that doesn’t meet their standards. What’s hard to understand about that?