Please note this is an extract of the original bulletin.
Risk categories for animal and animal product imports from non-EU countries to Great Britain
Page summary:
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (TOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and the import rules for each category.
Change made:
First published.
Other live animals: model health certificates
Page summary:
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export other animal by products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Change made:
We have published new streamlined certificates which replace those currently in use:- GBHC710 RUM: Non-domestic ruminants- GBHC711 SUI: Non-domestic pigs- GBHC716 RUM-A: Animals of the species listed in Table 1 to Part 1 of Annex 6 of Regulation 206/2010- GBHC717 SUI-A: Animals of the species listed in Table 2 to Part 1 of Annex 6 of Regulation 206/2010- GBHC717 TRE-A: Animals of the species listed in Table 3 to Part 1 of Annex 6 of Regulation 206/2010- GBHC719 SAL: Salamanders – GBHC721 PRI: Primates- GBHC722 OTH: Other rabies susceptible species
Other animal products: model health certificates
Page summary:
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export other animal products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Change made:
We have updated certificates GBHC450, GBHX451, GBHC452, GBHC453, GBHC454, GBHC455 and GBHC456.We have also updated the ‘use from’ date for certificates GBHC450, GBHC451, GBHC452, GBHC453, GBHC454, GBHC455 and GBHC456. Use from date for EU changed to 31 January 2024. Use from date for non-EU countries changed to 30 April 2024.
Blood products: model health certificates
Page summary:
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export blood products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Change made:
We have updated certificate GBHC502.We have also updated the ‘use from’ dates for GBHC500, GBHC501, GBHC502 and GBHC503. Use from date for EU changed to 31 January 2024. Use from date for non-EU countries changed to 30 April 2024.
Fats: model health certificates
Page summary:
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export fats to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Change made:
We have updated certificates GBHC512 and GBHC513.We have also updated the ‘use from’ dates for certificates GBHC510, GBHC511, GBHC512 and GBHC513. Use from date for EU changed to 31 January 2024. Use from date for non-EU countries changed to 30 April 2024.
Gelatine and collagen not intended for human consumption: model health certificates
Page summary:
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export gelatine and collagen not intended for human consumption to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Change made:
We have updated certificate GBHC530. We have also updated the ‘use from’ dates for certificates GBHC530 and GBHC531. Use from date for EU changed to 31 January 2024. Use from date for non-EU countries changed to 30 April 2024.
Other animal by-products: model health certificates
Page summary:
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export other animal by-products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Change made:
We have updated certificates GBHC580, GBHX581, GBHC583, GBHC584, GBHC586, GBHC587 and GBHC588. We have also updated the ‘use from’ date for certificates GBHC580, GBHC581, GBHC582, GBHC583, GBHC584, GBHC585, GBHC586, GBHC587 and GBHC588. Use from date for EU changed to 31 January 2024. Use from date for non-EU countries changed to 30 April 2024.
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 link to interactive map as an attachment and in the details section.
APHA laboratory test submissions and price lists
Page summary:
Guidance on the Animal and Plant Health Agency laboratory testing services and prices for animal disease diagnosis.
Change made:
We have updated the export and ABC price list.
Import risk categories 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 (TOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and the import rules for each category.
Change made:
We’ve made the following updates to the to the risk categorisation spreadsheet (‘searchable list with commodity codes’):The following commodity codes have been added:0302499000 – Other herring – fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03040308220000 – Frozen – sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus)1212999510 – Bee pollen1517909300 – Edible mixtures or preparations of a kind used as mould-release preparations, not margarine, other than containing by weight more than 10% but not more than 15% of milkfats1517909990 – Other edible mixtures of fats or oils, other than containing by weight more than 10% but not more than 15% of milkfatsAdded a note (note 3) to the Notes tab, which defines ‘non-raw’ in relation to dairy and colostrum-based products.
