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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 2009

Number	Title	Date issued	Issued by
09/13	Imports of fishery products from Cameroon	23/02/09	FSA
09/12	Importation of and transit through the community of game meat from third countries	4/03/09
09/11	BIP Update Training for portal staff : 1 July 2009	18/02/09
09/10	Canadian poultry certificates and checks on products of animal origin from Iceland	18/02/09
09/09	Importation of fresh meat from Brazil	20/02/09
09/08	Fishery products from Israel	27/01/09	FSA
09/07	Legislation published during November and December 2008	27/01/09
09/06	Melamine contamination of certain products from China	23/01/09	FSA
09/05	Problem with Australian certificates for fresh ovine meat	16/01/09
09/04	Amendments to the products of animal origin (third country imports) (England) regulations 2006 and the animals and animal products (import and export) regulations 2006	16/01/09
09/03	Importation of fresh meat from Brazil	14/01/09
09/02	Results of testing - Emergency measures for fisher products imported from Albania, Bangladesh, Gabon and Indonesia and Sunflower oil contaminated with mineral oil from Ukraine	12/01/09	FSA
09/01	Import of birds: Significant reminder of rules	05/01/09

• OVS Notes 2008
• OVS Notes 2007

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