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ARCHIVE: Importation of products of animal origin: Notes for Official Veterinary Surgeons (OVS) at Border Inspection Posts (BIPs)
These information notes contain enforcement advice and details of changes to import conditions for products of animal origin. They are issued to local authorities and Animal Health, who are responsible for veterinary checks on imports of products of animal origin from countries outside the EU.
These notes supplement the standing instructions to inspection officers that are contained in the BIP manual.
These information notes are issued by Defra, except for notes on fishery products, which are issued by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Note: While these pages are updated periodically, we cannot guarantee that they are complete and accurate. Readers may therefore wish to check the current position with the contact in each note.
OVS Notes
Number |
Title |
Date issued |
Issued by |
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| Further extension to the suspension of imports of certain bivalve molluscs for human consumption from Peru | 22/11/11 | FSA |
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| Certification issues for imports of animal by-products from third countries | 18/11/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU Policy Team (Defra) |
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| Commission implementing decision 2011/742/EU – emergency measures applicable to crustaceans imported from Bangladesh and intended for human consumption | 17/11/11 | FSA |
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| Repealing Regulation (EC) No 601/2008 on protective measures applying to certain fishery products imported from Gabon and intended for human consumption | 8/11/11 | FSA |
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| Reminder of the end of the transitional period for signing model certificates/ declarations for imports of animal by-products not for human consumption | 4/11/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU Policy Team (Defra) |
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| Quarterly results of testing for safeguard measures and special conditions: July - September 2011 | 17/10/11 | FSA |
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| Outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Paraguay, avian influenza in south Africa and Newcastle disease in Israel | 7/10/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU Policy Team (Defra) |
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| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 961/2011 – Feed and Food originating in or consigned from Japan | 29/09/11 | FSA |
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| Importation of milk and dairy products | 22/09/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU Policy Team (Defra) |
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| Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Paraguay | 21/09/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU Policy Team (Defra) |
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BIP update training day: 28 November 2011 |
15/09/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| Freezer vessel captain’s declarations | 25/08/11 | FSA |
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| Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 on animal by-proudcts | 23/08/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| Verification checks on controls on imports of products of animal origin | 10/08/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| Food from Greenland – Council Decision 2011/408/EU | 19/07/11 | FSA |
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| Results of testing - emergency measures for fishery products imported from Albania and Gabon, crustaceans from bangladesh, farmed fishery products from Indonesia, aquaculture fishery products from india and guar gum contaminated with PentaChloroPhenol (PCP) and dioxins from India | 12/07/11 | FSA |
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| Update of routine legislation - April, May and June 2011 | 06/07/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 | 18/05/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| Imports of animal by-products not for human consumption – listing of establishments on the TRACES system | 17/05/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| BIP update training day: 17 june 2011 | 03/05/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in South Africa | 18/04/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| Imports of animal by-products – listing of establishments on the TRACES system | 15/04/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in South Africa | 13/04/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| Special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan | 11/04/11 | FSA |
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| Results of testing - emergency measures for fishery products imported from Albania and Gabon, crustaceans from Bangladesh, farmed fishery products from Indonesia, aquaculture fishery products from India and guar gum contaminated with Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and dioxins from India | 06/04/11 | FSA |
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| Update of routine legislation - Jan, Feb and March 2011 | 01/04/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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Special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan |
25/03/11 | FSA |
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1. General licences and authorisations and traces notification for research and diagnostic samples 2. Completion of box 10 (establishment of origin) of the Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED) for animal by-products |
23/03/11 |
VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| New animal by-products regulations | 04/03/11 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| Inclusion of Fiji on the list of EU-approved countries for fishery products | 01/03/11 | FSA |
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| BIP list updated | 25/02/11 | ||
| BIP Update training for portal staff : Friday 17 June 2011 | 16/02/11 | ||
| African swine fever virus in Russia | 08/02/11 | ||
| Proposal to amend the list of approved countries for fishery products to include Fiji | 07/02/11 | FSA |
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| Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for 4,4’DiNitroCarbanilide (DNC) in chicken tissues | 04/02/11 | FSA |
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| Update on implementing measures for the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) | 27/01/11 | FSA |
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| Analytical testing for histamine in fishery products imported from Brazil | 07/01/11 | FSA |
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| Results of testing - emergency measures for fishery products imported from Albania and Gabon, Crustaceans from Bangladesh, farmed fishery products from Indonesia, aquaculture fishery products from India and guar gum contaminated with Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and dioxins from India | 06/01/11 | FSA |
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| New rules on animal by-products from 4 March 2011 | 30/12/10 | ||
| Update on import conditions for Bivalve Molluscs, Echinoderms, Tunicates and Marine Gastropods from Chile | 02/12/10 | FSA |
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| Imports of certain animal products for research, diagnostic and educational purposes | 25/11/10 | VIPERS – Imports and EU trade team (Defra) |
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| Harmonised charge for veterinary checks | 23/11/10 | ||
| Further extension to the suspension of imports of certain bivalve molluscs for human consumption from Peru | 22/11/10 | FSA |
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| Changes to the model veterinary certificate for imports of poultry meat | 18/11/10 | ||
| Commission regulation 925/2010 on the import of live poultry and wild game meat from Isreal | 9/11/10 | ||
| Transit through the EU of poultry meat and poultry meat products from Russia | 9/11/10 | ||
| Implementation of regulations 595/2010 (Serum of equidae, horn, hooves and their products and whey) and 790/2010 (milk and colostrum) | 20/10/10 | ||
| The list of border inspection posts | 15/10/10 | ||
| Results of testing - emergency measures for fishery products imported from Albania and Gabon, crustaceans from Bangladesh, farmed fishery products from Indonesia, aquaculture fishery products from India and guar gum contaminated with Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and dioxins from India | 13/10/10 | FSA |
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| Update on import conditions for fishery products from Serbia | 12/10/10 | FSA |
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| Distance Learning Course for Portal OVS | 29/09/10 | ||
| New Commission Regulation amending Commission Regulation 206/2010 on the transitional period for health certificates signed between 1 July 2010 and 30 November 2010 | 28/09/10 | ||
| Customs guidance on T5 procedures | 22/09/10 | ||
| BIP Update Training for Portal Staff: 11 November 2010 | 17/09/10 | ||
| Introduction into the EU of fishery products from third countries previously landed by member states’ fishing vessels | 03/09/10 | ||
| Update Of Routine Legislation - June, July And August 2010 | 31/08/10 | ||
| Extension to transitional period for animal by-products subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) 595/2010 | 27/08/10 | ||
| BIP update training for portal staff: 11 November 2010 | 24/08/10 | ||
| New edition of BIP Manual | 12/08/10 | ||
| New Council Directive on equidae | 09/08/10 | ||
| Resumption in exports of ornamental fish of the cyprinidae family from singapore | 03/08/10 | ||
| Consignments of Fishery products form China accompanies with incorrect health certificates | 30/07/10 | ||
| Information on transits/transhipments | 29/07/10 | ||
| Harmonised list of EU approved establishments in non-EU countries approved to export snails, frogs' legs & egg products to the EU | 28/07/10 | ||
| Amendments to the products of animal origin (third country imports) (England) regulations 2006 and the animals and animal products (import & export) regulations 2006 | 26/07/10 | ||
| Raw milk and dairy products intended for human consumption | 23/07/10 | ||
| Placing on the market and importation of certain animal by-products | 23/07/10 | ||
| Maximum residue limits/minimum required performance limits of certain veterinary residues | 16/07/10 | ||
| Emergency measures for fishery products and farmed fishery products | 14/07/10 | ||
| Emergency measures applicable to consignments of crustaceans imported from Bangladesh and intended for human consumption | 14/07/10 | ||
| Commission decision 2010/381/EU – Emergency measures applicable to consignments of aquaculture products imported from India and intended for human consumption. | 09/07/10 | FSA |
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| Highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) in certain third countries | 05/07/10 | Defra |
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10/30 (PDF) |
Draft commission regulation amending commission regulation 206/2010 on the transitional period for health certificates signed between 1 July 2010 and 30 November 2010 | 29/06/10 | |
| National Monitoring Plan | 29/06/10 | ||
| Outbreaks of glanders in Brazil and Bahrain | 26/06/10 | ||
| March, April and May 2010 | 11/06/10 | ||
| Changes to the list of approved residue plans for third countries | 12/05/10 | ||
| Imports of poultry and poultry products into the European Union and the relevant Veterinary Certification requirements | 23/04/10 | ||
| Commission decision 2010/220/EU – emergency measures applicable to consignments of farmed fishery products from Indonesia and intended for human consumption | 21/04/10 | ||
| Commission decision 2010/219/EU – Repealing decision 2006/236/EC on special conditions governing fishery products imported from Indonesia & intended for human consumption | 21/04/10 | ||
| Results of testing - emergency measures for fishery products imported from Albania, Bangladesh, Gabon and India and Guar Gum Contaminated with Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and dioxins from India | 20/04/10 | ||
| Health certificates delayed due to volcanic eruption in Iceland | 20/04/10 | ||
| National Monitoring Plan | 15/04/10 | ||
| Commission Regulation (EU) no 258/2010 – imports of guar gum originating in or consigned from India due to contamination by Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and dioxins, and repealing decision 2008/352/EC | 09/04/10 | ||
| Importation into the European Union of ungulates, bees and fresh meat of ungulates and equidae from third countries | 08/04/10 | ||
| Importation into the community of semen of domestic animals of the porcine species from third countries | 26/03/10 | ||
| General licence and authorisation for the importation of certain products derived from certain species for research purposes | 17/03/10 | ||
| Points arising from the FVO mission | 17/03/10 | ||
| Regionalisation following an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Israel | 12/03/10 | ||
| Update on import conditions for fishery products from Indonesia | 11/03/10 |
FSA |
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| BIP update training for portal staff: 1 July 2010 | 03/10 |
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| Update of routine legislation - Jan to Feb 2010 | 05/03/10 |
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| BIP update training for portal staff | 01/03/10 | ||
| Results of testing - emergency measures for fishery products imported from Albania, Bangladesh, Gabon and Indonesia and Guar gum contaminated with dioxins from India | 18/01/10 |
FSA |
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| Research licensing regime: General licences and authorisations | 25/02/10 |
Defra | |
| Lifting of voluntary suspension of exports of fishery products (shrimps) of aquaculture origin from Bangladesh | 08/02/10 |
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| Border inspection posts - shared use by other competent authorities/services | 26/01/10 |
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| Legislation published during Nov and Dec 2009 | 19/01/10 |
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| Results of testing - emergency measures for fishery products imported from albania, bangladesh, gabon and indonesia and guar gum contaminated with dioxins from india | 18/01/10 |
FSA |
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| Consignments diverted due to bad weather | 07/01/10 |
Previous OVS notes are available on the National Archives website.
Page last modified: 22 November, 2011