United Kingdom
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Export Requirements
Last update Dec 28, 2020
Products Harmonized by the European Union
- Although the United Kingdom is no longer a member of the European Union, the United Kingdom will continue to follow the export requirements for the European Union.
Products Not Harmonized by the European Union
- Samples imported for research and/or evaluation.
UK import licensing information for these products is available at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animal-trade/imports-non-eu/
A. Although the United Kingdom is no longer a member of the European Union, the United Kingdom will continue to follow the export requirements for the European Union. *
Note: Exports to Great Britain (UK) will continue to use the EU Model Health Certificates for the European Union until June 30, 2021.
A. Samples imported for research and/or evaluation.
UK import licensing information for these products is available at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animal-trade/imports-non-eu/
Import Requirements
Last update Oct 09, 2020
Additional Import Information
NOTE: On March 6, 2020 FSIS combined England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales into one food safety inspection system under the United Kingdom.
The products identified in the table above are eligible for export from the United Kingdom to the United States as determined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Equivalence Process.
The above are the Process Categories, Product Categories, and Product Groups as listed in the FSIS Product Categorization document and defined in the Public Health Information System (PHIS).
APHIS Animal Disease Requirements for the United Kingdom
The USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) restricts certain animal products from entering the United States because of animal disease conditions in the country of origin. Applicable APHIS animal disease requirements that may have an impact on the United Kingdom’s eligibility to export product to the United States are listed below:
Raw source materials used to produce product intended for export to the United States must originate from a certified establishment in an eligible country that has an equivalent raw products inspection system.
Beef imported from the United Kingdom is subjected to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.11 and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.18, or: region of Northern Ireland - BSE requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.19, or regions of England, Scotland and Wales - BSE requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.20.
Pork imported from the United Kingdom is subjected to African Swine Fever (ASF) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.8, Classical Swine Fever (CSF) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.31, Swine Vesicular Disease (SVD) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.13, and Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) requirements specified in 9 CFR 94.11.
For information or questions concerning a country’s animal disease status and restrictions please contact the APHIS Veterinary Services, Strategy and Policy, Animal Product Import and Export at:
USDA-APHIS
Veterinary Services, Strategy and Policy, Animal Product Import and Export (APIE)
4700 River Road, Unit 40
Riverdale, MD 20737
Phone: (301) 851-3300, option 4
E-mail: APIE@USDA.GOV
Link to the United Kingdom’s Certified Establishment List
A certified establishment is an establishment that the Central Competent Authority (CCA) of the foreign country has certified as meeting the requirements of the inspection system that FSIS has determined equivalent to the United States inspection system and, therefore, eligible to export meat, poultry, or egg products to the United States.