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UK border control posts: animal and animal product imports
Page summary:
Find an approved UK border control post (BCP) to check the animals, animal products or high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin in your consignment.
Change made:
Added Port of Poole to list of live animals, animal products and food and feed of non-animal origin border control posts (BCP) in the UK.
Export bovine gelatine or collagen not for use as livestock feed to Canada: certificate 4317 updated
Page summary:
Apply online to export bovine collagen and gelatine, for human consumption, industrial use, pharmaceutical use or animal feed, excluding for livestock feed, to Canada.
Change made:
Guidance notes updated.
Bluetongue: how to spot and report the disease
Page summary:
How to spot bluetongue, what to do if you suspect it and how to prevent it spreading.
Change made:
Following active surveillance in the north-east Kent Temporary Control Zone (TCZ), a further 5 cases of bluetongue in cattle have been identified on a holding in the Sandwich Bay area. The holding is situated in the existing TCZ. All five animals will be humanely culled to minimise the risk of onward transmission. The TCZ is not being extended and movement restrictions continue to apply to cattle, sheep and other ruminants in the Zone.
Export of animal products for laboratory use only to Singapore: certificate 8143 updated
Page summary:
Use these forms and guidance document to export animal products for laboratory use to Singapore.
Change made:
Updated NFG
Export lab rodents to the USA: certificate 7760 updated
Page summary:
Apply online to export laboratory rodents like rats and mice to the USA.
Change made:
Guidance notes updated.
Export collagen and collagen products from bovine hides to the USA: certificate 5730 updated
Page summary:
Apply online to export collagen and collagen product from bovine hides to the USA.
Change made:
Guidance notes updated.
Export laboratory animals to Belgium: certificate 9010 updated
Page summary:
Apply online to export laboratory animals to Belgium
Change made:
Guidance notes updated.
Export lab rodents to Israel: certificate 4286 updated
Page summary:
Apply online to export laboratory mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils and guinea pigs to Israel.
Change made:
Updated NFG
Collagen of animal origin and composite products containing collagen ingredients of animal origin to Australia : certificate 8131 updated
Page summary:
Apply online to export collagen of animal origin and composite products containing collagen ingredients of animal origin to Australia
Change made:
Updated NFG
Balai Directive: approved premises
Page summary:
Institutes, centres and premises in Great Britain approved to move animals, semen and embryos covered by the Balai Directive.
Change made:
Updated the entries for DC Watson & Sons (Fenton Barns) Ltd and Yorkshire Wildlife Park in the list of bodies, institutes and centres approved for intra-community trade in animals.
