Animal products or by-products not for human consumption: Import Information Notes
Page summary:
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing animal products or by-products not for human consumption to Great Britain.
Change made:
Added link to Intermediate products – Import Information Notes under heading Import Information Notes (IINs).
Time updated:
12:04pm, 14 April 2025
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
Page summary:
Information relating to persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Change made:
Added document collection for ‘Reports, research and evidence’. This includes links to research and analysis published on Defra Science Search, the UK National Implementation Plan on the Stockholm Convention website, and the UK’s returns for national reporting in our POPs triennial report 2019 to 2021.
Time updated:
2:38pm, 14 April 2025
Find large producers on the ‘report packaging data’ service
Page summary:
Find large organisations (‘large producers’) who have reported data using the report packaging data (RPD) service.
Change made:
Following an update, access to the service has been restored
Time updated:
11:41am, 15 April 2025
Imports, exports and EU trade of animals and animal products: topical issues
Page summary:
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Change made:
Foot and mouth disease: we have published new personal import measures applying to the import of certain meat and dairy products for personal consumption from the EU, EFTA States, Faroe Islands and Greenland to Scotland.
Time updated:
4:56pm, 15 April 2025
Foot and mouth disease: spread from European Union to Great Britain risk assessment
Page summary:
Veterinary risk assessment on the risk of foot and mouth disease virus spreading from the European Union to Great Britain.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
3:19pm, 16 April 2025
UK backs businesses to trade carbon credits and unlock finance
Page summary:
British businesses and organisations better supported to trade carbon credits as part of new work to establish the UK as the global hub for green finance.
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
12:42pm, 17 April 2025
Businesses approved to export to the EU
Page summary:
Check if your business in Great Britain or one of the Crown Dependencies is approved to export to the EU and find out what your TRACES number is.
Change made:
We have updated Businesses in England, Scotland, Wales and the Crown Dependencies approved to export animal by-products to the EU, Businesses in England, Wales and the Crown Dependencies approved to export POAO to the EU (including RDCs and CS) and Businesses in Scotland approved to export POAO to the EU (including Registered Distribution Centres and Cold Stores).
Time updated:
12:47pm, 17 April 2025
