Please note this is an extract of the original bulletin.
Check import risk categories and related rules for animals and animal products imported from the EU to Great Britain, from 31 January 2024
Page summary:
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and the import rules for each category.
Change made:
We have removed the paragraph in the rules under the heading ‘If your consignment is in the low TOM risk category’ that stated ‘Some ABPs currently need a facilitation letter to import from the EU. From 31 January 2024 you’ll no longer need a facilitation letter for these products if they are in the low TOM risk category’. This is because it was misleading. Facilitation letters may currently be required for various imports, not just low risk ABPs. But they will no longer be required for any risk category, from 31 January 2024.
Bluetongue: near Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent (BTD 2023/01)
Page summary:
Bluetongue virus serotype 3 was confirmed in a single adult cow at a premises near Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent.
Change made:
First published.
Ovine and caprine animals not intended for slaughter to the European Union and Northern Ireland: certificate 8448 updated
Page summary:
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to export ovine and caprine animals, such as sheep and goats, not intended for slaughter from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to the EU or move them to Northern Ireland.
Change made:
Certificate is not currently available to use for exports.
Ovine and caprine animals from a holding member of the SMS Qualifying Scheme to Northern Ireland: certificate 8463 updated
Page summary:
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to move ovine and caprine animals, such as sheep and goats, to Northern Ireland.
Change made:
Certificate is not currently available to use for exports.
Guidance on importing live animals or animal products
Page summary:
Collection of guidance for importing live animals and animal products.
Change made:
Added links to animal by-products and high-risk food and feed not of animal origin to the ‘live animals, high-risk food and feed’ section. Retitled the section ‘live animals, animal by-products, high-risk food and feed’.
Export hydrolysed protein, dicalcium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate, intended for dispatch to or for transit through Georgia: certificate 8814
Page summary:
Apply online to export hydrolysed protein, dicalcium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate not intended for human consumption to be used as feed material or for used outside the feed chain, intended for dispatch to or for transit through Georgia: certificate 8814
Change made:
First published.
Complaints procedure
Page summary:
How to make a complaint about an APHA service.
Change made:
Added translation
Export intermediate products to be used for the manufacture of medicinal and cosmetic products to Turkey: certificate 7585 updated
Page summary:
Apply online to export animal derivatives like keratin, collagen, dairy proteins, amino acids of animal origin, beeswax and silk protein, or products containing animal derivatives for use in cosmetic or healthcare product manufacture to Turkey.
Change made:
Updated NFG
Export blood products not intended for human consumption that could be used as feed material to Turkey: certificate 7768 updated
Page summary:
Apply online to export blood products not intended for human consumption that could be used as feed material to Turkey.
Change made:
Updated NFG
Balai Directive: application to import and export live animals
Page summary:
Apply for premises approval to move animals covered by the Balai Directive.
Change made:
Updated the English and Welsh versions of the EC3164 form.
