What can't be mailed to Australia?

Meat and Meat Products

• all uncanned meat—including fresh, dried, frozen, cooked, smoked, salted or preserved meat
• packaged meals (including noodles) containing meat 
• mooncakes containing meat 
• remedies and medicines containing animal material 
• pet food including canned and dried food and supplements.

Seeds and Nuts

• seeds including vegetable and flower seeds, unidentified seeds, birdseed and some commercially-packaged seeds*
• gifts, ornaments and toys filled with seeds
• pine cones
• raw nuts
• grains and legumes including lentils, popping corn and cereal grains
• raw/green coffee beans.

Plants and Soil

• all plant material including bulbs, whole plants, cuttings, roots, flowers and stems
• soil, including small souvenir or sentimental samples
• footwear, sporting and camping equipment contaminated with soil, manure or plant material
• gifts, ornaments and toys filled with straw, plant matter, sand or soil.

Fruit and Vegetables

• fresh fruit and vegetables
• dried fruit and vegetables containing seeds or fruit peel.

Dairy, Eggs and Egg Products

• cheese, milk, butter and other dairy products*
• packaged meals and other foods containing more than 10 per cent dairy, or 10% or more egg (whole, dried and powdered, such as cake mix, salad dressing, mayonnaise)  
• mooncakes containing egg.

Plant Material

• tea containing seeds, fruit skin (for example citrus and apple peel) and fruit pieces
• remedies and medicines containing herbs, seeds, bark, fungi and dried plant material*
• dried flower arrangements and potpourri
• dried herbs or leaves
• handicrafts—including wreaths and Christmas decorations—containing seeds, raw nuts, corn, pine cones, grapevines, bark, moss, straw or other plant material
• wooden items with bark or signs of insects present.

Live Animals, Animal Products

• all mammals, birds, birds' eggs and nests, fish, snakes, turtles, lizards, scorpions, amphibians, crustaceans and insects
• souvenirs, artefacts and goods made of animal products such as raw hide, feathers, teeth, bones, wool and animal hair.

Laboratory Material

• medical and animal samples
• diagnostic kits and micro-organisms*.

* Special conditions apply-check import conditions on ICON.