You can check out a collection of all the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra) assistance and kinds for importing and exporting live animals or animal items.
Defra’s animal illness tracking collection covers significant, notifiable or brand-new and emerging animal illness break outs globally and in the UK.
Small hive beetle in the area of Calabria, Italy
The UK has actually suspended the import of bees, apiculture items and utilized beekeeping equipment into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the area of Calabria in Italy. This is because of a continuous break out of little hive beetle. These procedures are needed to secure bee health in the UK.
The following protect procedures offer impact to this choice. These are released 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 unique procedures use from 17 January 2023 and will continue to use till they are withdrawed or modified.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) import constraints: Japan
From 28 October 2022, the import of fresh poultry meat is suspended from Japan into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Additionally, the heat treatment classification for poultry meat items has actually altered from ‘A’ (no particular treatment) to ‘D’ (minimum temperature level of 70̊ C).
On 28 October 2022, 2 break outs of HPAI were verified in industrial poultry facilities in Japan. Restrictions will stay in location till Japan is acknowledged by the UK as illness complimentary for HPAI.
Read ‘Poultry and poultry products’ and ‘Meat Products’ on the Non-EU countries approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain page to learn more about afflicted products.
Sheep and goat pox in Spain
Since 30 September we have briefly limited live sheep and goats from Spain getting in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), together with the following sheep and goat items:
- germplasm
- neglected wool
- fresh or cooled skins and hides
On 19 September 2022, a break out of sheep and goat pox was verified in Spain. The level of the illness break out is yet to be identified. This suspension will stay in location till all needed biosecurity checks have actually occurred and the existing sheep and goat pox break out is under control.
The following protect procedures offer impact to this choice for fresh or cooled skins and hides. These are released on behalf of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (England), 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 unique procedures use from 30 November 2022 and will continue to use till they are withdrawed or modified.
Find out the nations authorized to export animals and animal items to Great Britain.
Great Britain has actually briefly suspended exports of fresh meat and spin-offs of ungulates from the entire of Botswana if they were processed after 28 July 2022.
On 27 August 2022, a break out of foot and mouth illness (FMD) was verified in a formerly FMD complimentary area of Botswana.
The level of the illness break out is yet to be identified. This suspension will stay in location till all needed biosecurity checks have actually occurred and the existing FMD break out is under control.
Find out the nations authorized to export animals and animal items to Great Britain.
Commercial import of dogs, cats and ferrets to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine
If you commercially import dogs, cats and ferrets into Great Britain that stem from or have actually been dispatched from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine, you should have Approved Importer status.
Commercial imports are the sale of or the transfer of ownership of a family pet animal. This consists of rescue animals and if you are taking a trip with more than 5 dogs, cats or ferrets if these animals are not participating in training for a competitors, program or sporting occasion.
This unique procedure does not use to non-commercial animal animals from these nations.
Find out how to request Approved Importer status.
This unique procedure changes the short-term suspension of industrial imports of dogs, cats and ferrets from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine. It will use till it is withdrawed or modified.
These nations provide a high danger of rabies transmission.
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Rodents imported from Lithuania
An continuous break out of Salmonella enteritidis amongst the UK public has actually been connected to mice imported from Lithuania for usage as animal feed, especially for reptiles. The danger positioned to public health has actually resulted in a choice to restrict imports of feeder rodents (mice and rats for usage as animal feed) from Lithuania into the UK, entering into force from 17 February 2022.
The following protect procedures offer impact to this choice. These are released 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), the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and Food Standards Scotland:
The unique procedures will continue to use till withdrawed or modified. The procedures will be examined over the coming months to consider any actions taken by the Lithuanian authorities to manage the danger from imports of feeder rodents in the long term.
Avian influenza (bird influenza) outside the UK
This area was upgraded on 9 May 2022.
Our research study reports offer initial and upgraded break out evaluations for bird influenza (bird influenza) in Europe, Russia and in the UK.
You cannot import poultry and poultry items into the UK from illness limited zones around verified cases of bird influenza in EU nations.
You should not import from non-EU nations with a break out of bird influenza unless they abide by specific requirements in Commission Regulation (EC) 798/2008.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Canada and the United States of America
Defra has actually gotten notice of several break outs of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) by authorities in Canada and the United States.
The import of particular animals and items coming from, or dispatched from, the impacted areas in both nations position an undesirable level of danger to animal health in Great Britain.
Imports to Great Britain of appropriate poultry and poultry items (consisting of hatching eggs and day old chicks) from impacted areas of Canada and the United States are no longer authorised.
Read ‘Poultry and poultry products [EUR 2008/ 798]’ on the Non-EU countries approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain page to learn more about the impacted products and areas.
This file supersedes the protect statements released by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (England), Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd (Wales), and the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands (Scotland) which have actually now been withdrawed:
Restrictions to trade initially entered force on 25 March 2022 and will stay in location till the needed conditions have actually been satisfied to resume trade from the impacted areas.
Lifting of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) import constraints: Ukraine
Since December 2020, imports of poultry items from Ukraine to Great Britain have actually been suspended due to break outs of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).
The Ukrainian authorities have actually filled out to Defra about the epidemiological scenario and the procedures required to manage the break outs.
An evaluation of danger led by Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (in assessment with the Food Standards Agency) concluded that permitting imports of poultry items from Ukraine to resume positions an appropriate level of danger to public and animal health in Great Britain. This is offered the consignments stem from outside the locations impacted by HPAI.
Based on that evaluation, Defra, Scottish and Welsh federal governments have actually consented to permit trade to resume.
A Statutory Instrument (The Approved Country Lists (Animals and Animal Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021) entered force on 17 December 2021 to execute this choice.
Lifting of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) import constraints: Australia
Since July 2020, imports of poultry and poultry items from Australia to Great Britain have actually been suspended due to break outs of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).
The Australian authorities have actually filled out to Defra about the epidemiological scenario and the procedures required to manage the break outs.
An evaluation of danger led by Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (in assessment with the Food Standards Agency) concluded that permitting imports of poultry and poultry items from Australia to resume positions an appropriate level of danger to public and animal health in Great Britain.
Based on that evaluation, Defra, Scottish and Welsh federal governments have actually consented to permit trade to resume.
A Statutory Instrument (The Approved Country Lists (Animals and Animal Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021) entered force on 17 December 2021 to execute this choice.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Botswana
On 6 September 2021, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) was alerted of a break out of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) of subtype H5N1 by authorities in Botswana. The break out was verified on a poultry farm beyond Gaborone.
In order to avoid the intro of HPAI into Great Britain, Botswana is no longer authorised to accredit and export poultry of live breeding or efficient ratites, day old chicks of ratites, hatching eggs of ratites and meat of farmed ratites to Great Britain for human usage. Full information on the products impacted and brand-new constraints are available in the statements listed below.
These protecting procedures forbiding imports of vulnerable products from Botswana are released on behalf of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (England), Scottish Ministers and the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales and the Trefnydd, (among the Welsh Ministers).
These constraints will be put in location till all the needed requirements of guarantees to resume accreditation of trade to Great Britain are satisfied.
Avian influenza (bird influenza) in the UK
This area was upgraded on 13 April 2022.
A collection of assistance and kinds for importing and exporting live animals or animal items is available.
World Animal Health Organisation (WOAH) illness flexibility
The UK is no longer devoid of bird influenza under the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) guidelines. There are some constraints on exports of impacted products to 3rd nations. Trade in poultry and poultry associated items with 3rd nations that do not need entire UK bird influenza nation flexibility might continue the basis of the conditions consisted of in the export health certificates, unless otherwise alerted by the importing nation.
Agreed export health certificates in between the UK and importing nations are thought about and provided on a case-by-case basis and can be licensed by an Official Veterinarian just if the consignment fulfills the requirements set out in the export health certificates completely.
Exports to the EU
Exports from Great Britain to the EU of live poultry or poultry items are not allowed from illness control zones.
There are no constraints on exports to the EU from outside the illness control zones.
The European Commission is presently thinking about modifying the regionalisation of the UK in Regulation (EU) 2021/404 in relation to these brand-new HPAI break outs.
To prevent disturbance to trade, the European Commission has actually asked for that EU nations think about continuing to accept licensed poultry and poultry items from the UK, if they stem outside the limited locations.
Imports from the EU
You cannot import poultry and poultry items into the UK from within bird influenza illness control zones in EU nations.
EU trade counts on rigorous accreditation for motion of live poultry, day old chicks and hatching eggs. Products such as poultry meat, table eggs and poultry items are exempt to accreditation within the EU.
Our bird influenza (bird influenza) page covers the most recent scenario.
Go to bird influenza cases and illness zones in England for info about cases and the procedures that use in illness zones.
Bluetongue infection in Europe
The bluetongue guide covers the most recent scenario and guidance on procedures to secure versus the illness. If you are moving live animals or animal items, checked out assistance about importing and exporting.
If you are moving goats, cervids (deer) or other vulnerable ruminants, call the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) Centre for International Trade (CIT) Carlisle about the constraints.
There are comparable constraints on the sell germinal items (semen, ova and embryos) of livestock, sheep and goats. APHA’s imports of live animals and genetic material importer information notes describes these constraints.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) status for Canada and Ireland
This area was upgraded on 8 August 2022.
The World Organisation of Animal Health (WOAH, previously OiE) has actually upgraded the danger status for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) from ‘controlled’ to ‘negligible’ for Canada and Ireland.
An evaluation of the WOAH evaluation has actually been performed by Defra in assessment with the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland. Based on that evaluation Defra, Scottish and Welsh Governments have actually consented to identify the modification in BSE danger status of Canada and Ireland to minimal.
Official vets in Canada and Ireland should understand this modification when licensing exports of particular bovine, ovine and caprine products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
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African swine fever (ASF) in the European Union and EFTA states
Pork and pork items over 2kg are now restricted from getting in Great Britain unless they have actually been produced to EU industrial requirements.
This is due to the fact that particular pork items which stem from or have actually been dispatched from the EU position an undesirable danger to animal health in Great Britain.
ASF has actually been spreading out throughout mainland Europe towards Great Britain, causing the deaths of countless pigs and triggering considerable disturbance to the meat trade. The illness positions a considerable danger to our pig herd and our long-lasting capability to export pork and pork items around the world.
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has actually performed a threat evaluation and concluded that the ASF infection might be ‘regularly introduced’ into Great Britain from the European Union. APHA have actually increased the danger that the ASF infection will go into Great Britain through human activities to ‘high’ after brand-new break outs throughout Europe.
Special procedures from 1 September 2022
The following protect procedures offer impact to this choice. These are released on behalf of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (England), 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 unique procedures use from 1 September 2022 and will continue to use till they are withdrawed or modified.
Preventing the spread of ASF
Defra’s African swine fever guide covers how to identify ASF, what to do if you think it and determines to avoid its spread.
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Chronic losing illness
Norwegian authorities have actually reported cases of persistent losing illness (CWD). To manage the spread of illness, the following trade constraints remain in location:
- you cannot import reindeer and other cervid types (deer) from Norway to UK or nations in the EU
- you cannot import any of the following unprocessed items into the UK: deer urine, deer faeces, and lures obtained from deer for usage in deer hunting or other deer bring in activities which consist of the above animal spin-offs
- you cannot import deer items into the UK if they were made in the U.S.A., Canada, South Korea and Norway (where CWD exists) or produced from deer items from those nations
- you can just import items from nations devoid of CWD under particular conditions
Some locations of Sweden and Finland likewise have trade constraints in location for live cervids (deer), due to the fact that of the danger of this illness dispersing through motions of complimentary varying animals. APHA’s Importer Information Note (ABP IIN 44) describes the restriction and the treatment to follow to import processed items.
Read our qualitative danger evaluation for the danger of CWD being presented into Great Britain.
Lumpy skin illness in Europe
Outbreaks of bumpy skin illness were verified in bovine holdings in Greece and Bulgaria in between 2015 and 2017. Although no break outs were reported from these nations in the previous 4 years, vaccination is still occurring and constraints stay till illness complimentary status is brought back.
To avoid the spread of illness, constraints have actually been put in location on motions from the impacted locations of:
- live bovine animals
- bovine hereditary product (semen, ova and embryos)
- milk and dairy items from bovine animals
- unprocessed animal spin-offs of bovine animals
- bovine skins and hides
Defra’s bumpy skin illness guide covers how to identify bumpy skin illness, what to do if you think it and determines to avoid it.
Crabs to Hong Kong: residue screening
This area was upgraded on 27 March 2019.
The import constraints on live brown crab exported from Anglesey, Wales presented by the Hong Kong authorities stay in location. Brown crabs from Anglesey, ought to not be exported to Hong Kong till the scenario is solved.
Restrictions on trade of farming products to the Russian Federation
This area was upgraded on 27 March 2019.
The Russian Federation has actually prohibited the import of a variety of farming products from the entire of the EU consisting of the UK and likewise the U.S.A., Canada, Australia and Norway till December 2019.
The restriction was troubled 7 August 2014.
Banned items
The restriction covers numerous farming items, basic materials, plants and foods consisting of most meat, dairy and fish.
If you require to inspect whether a specific item is impacted, please contact APHA or Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
Withdrawal of Export Health Certificates for the Russian Federation
In the light of this, APHA and DAERA have actually withdrawn all Export Health Certificates for the animals and animal items impacted, throughout of this restriction. This likewise uses to consignments of these products transiting through the Russian Federation to another location. But there might be exceptions so you ought to inspect.
Any exporter preparation to send out any consignment (consisting of live animals) to the Russian Federation ought to get guarantees from importers in the Russian Federation that the consignment will be accepted. If consignments of live animals are obstructed at the border of the Russian Federation, re-entry into the UK or any other member state is not allowed under EU law. Exceptions might be thought about in particular cases.
You ought to likewise see the Department for International Trade’s guide on exporting to Russia.
Contact APHA’s Centre for International Trade (CIT) Carlisle for guidance about imports and exports to and from Great Britain.
Exporters in Northern Ireland ought to call:
