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Guidance: Imports, exports and EU trade of animals and animal products: topical issues

Animal Plant Health Agency

July 20
16:49 2023

This page provides details on particular issues or changes that importers and exporters may need to be aware of.

You can read a collection of all the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) guidance and forms for importing and exporting live animals or animal products.

Defras animal disease monitoring collection covers major, notifiable or new and emerging animal disease outbreaks internationally and in the UK.

Lifting of reinforced controls for beef, poultry meat and meat products from Brazil

The UK has lifted reinforced controls for consignments of beef, poultry meat and meat products and preparations exported from Brazil to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). This follows an audit of Brazils sanitary and phytosanitary controls.

For consignments of beef, poultry meat, and products and preparations from Brazil, exports to Great Britain do not need:

  • enhanced pre-export and post-import testing for salmonella
  • the additional attestation attached to health certificates confirming salmonella sampling, methods of analysis used, and results

The default level of import checks now applies in accordance with retained Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/2129.

Brazil can re-list certain poultry and beef establishments for export to Great Britain, as set out in the list of establishments approved to export animals and animal products.

Find out the countries, territories and regions approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) outside the UK

From 23 June 2023, Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) have suspended the import of live cervids and high risk cervid products, including urine hunting lures, from countries where CWD has been reported.

In addition, fresh cervid meat cannot be imported into Great Britain from countries affected with CWD unless it complies with the supplementary guarantee in the relevant health certificate.

CWD has been reported in Norway, Finland, Sweden, Canada, USA and the Republic of Korea.

The following safeguard measures give effect to these decisions. They are published on behalf of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (England), the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd (Wales), and the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands (Scotland).

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These special measures apply from 23 June 2023 until they are revoked or amended.

For more information about the risk of CWD being introduced into Great Britain, read the qualitative risk assessments.

Find out the countries, territories and regions approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain.

Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) in Europe

Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) has been reported for the first time in Europe. Read Epizootic haemorrhagic disease in Europe for more detail on outbreaks.

Read how to prevent, spot and report epizootic haemorrhagic disease for information on the latest situation and advice on measures to protect against the disease. Find out how to:

Contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to find out more about current EHD import restrictions in place for:

  • live cattle, sheep, goats, deer and other ruminants
  • germinal products (semen, ova and embryos) of cattle, sheep, goats, deer and other ruminants

Small hive beetle in Runion, an overseas territory of France

Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) has suspended the import of bees, apiculture products and used beekeeping equipment from Runion, an overseas territory of France. This is due to an outbreak of small hive beetle. These measures are necessary to protect bee health in the UK.

These special measures apply from 26 May 2023 until they are revoked or amended.

The following safeguard measures give effect to this decision. These are published on behalf of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (England), the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd (Wales), and the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands (Scotland).

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