travel

[Tobyluke]

My son (2 years old) and myself will be going to ibiza in october this year and that he is a fussy eater and i wanted to know if its ok to take food jars over there and what do i do about he's milk would it be ok to take milk powder over there aswell. do i need to put it in my hand lugauge?

[Hawkwalk]

you are ok to take powder and jars and put it in your hold luggage. You will need a lot though to feed a two year old for a week so most of your baggage allowance will be taken up by toddler food. You can buy the same kind of food over there which is much easier.

Unless he has a food intolerance I am sure he will eat if he is hungry. A two year old should be well passed jars of food and powdered milk. ( not that it is any of my business)

[Buenchico]

Under EU laws, you're free to move any form of food from one EU country to another. (OK, for the pedantic, there are occasionally temporary restrictions relating to such things as BSE, but they certainly don't apply to jars of food for toddlers).

So, you'll have no problems with the Spanish customs staff. (I doubt that you'll even see any).

With the exception of certain dangerous items, you can put what you want into the hold of an aircraft. So you'd have no problems at all if you packed your son's food into your hold baggage.

I can't see why you'd need to put very much food into your hand luggage. The general safety rules (i.e. the ones which have been in place for many years, well before the current 'heightened security') don't prohibit either food jars or powdered milk from carriage within the cabin. However, the (relatively) new security rules prohibit you from taking liquids and gels (which would include the type of toddler food that comes in jars) through the security checks unless they meet certain criteria. There's an exception which might be relevant to you (quote): "Liquid baby food or sterilised water, sufficient for the journey, can be taken through airport security. The accompanying adult will be required to verify by tasting."

For the full rules, see here:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/airtrave l/airportsecurity/requirements

If you put most of your son's food into the hold, and comply with the rules on 'liquids' for anything you take through the security checks, you'll have no problems.

Chris

[pink-kittens]

You may be able to get things delivered considering the amount of jars you will need to feed a 2 year old! He is probably still in nappies too?

[pink-kittens]

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[netibiza]

Well, you are perfectly able to buy baby jars over here, most of us here have managed to rear children without importing milk from England. If I may make a suggestion, why not wean your child off the baby milk now, as he doesn't need all that goodness now, doesn't he chew on any food, surely he should by now.