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Defra have published a further update to import information with reference to chilled minced meats and meat preparations to support imports of these products from the end of January 2024.
From 31st January 2024, GB imports of certain ‘medium risk’ chilled minced meats and chilled meat preparations from the EU, other EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), and the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Switzerland, will continue to be permitted when health certification requirements come into effect.
As these named product types are classified as ‘medium risk’ under the Target Operating Model, they will require an Export Health Certificate (EHC) to enter GB from the end of January next year.
Further detail:
Official veterinarians in the EU, the EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), and the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Switzerland, will be permitted to strike through the deep-freezing clauses in the Export Health Certificates for meat preparations and minced meat (bovine, ovine and porcine), thus allowing the import of these products in their chilled state to continue.
Defra are working with the Food Standards Agency to develop a longer-term policy to be applied more consistently to GB imports of minced meats and meat preparations from all countries from 30th April 2024. There is also further information to be published relating to imports of minced poultry and mechanically separated meat (porcine and poultry) to follow in due course.
A link to the Border Target Operating Model can be found below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-border-target-operating-model-august-2023
For additional details regarding risk categories, kindly refer to this link. To learn more about EHCs, please visit this page.
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