Guidance updates for certification of ABP and POAO exports ...

1 APHA is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and also works on behalf of the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Food Standards Agency to safeguard animal and plant health for the benefit of people, the environment and the economy. APHA Briefing Note 02/2021 Guidance updates for certification of ABP and POAO exports to the EU and movement to Northern Ireland. Date issued: 20 May 2021. Updated 4 January 2022 Purpose To provide Official Veterinarians (OVs) with information to be aware of in relation to the certification of Products of animal Origin (POAO) for export to the EU or movement to Northern Ireland. Yellow highlight indicates content that has been amended in the text from previous versions. OVs are also asked to note the contact arrangements for raising capacity concerns relating to provision of EHC services from April 2021. We have also added a schedule of changes to EHC Online.

2 Please see Further Information . This is the final version of this Briefing Note. Future technical clarifications will be conveyed through APHA Vet Gateway, routine Briefing Notes and updates to Notes for Guidance . Contents What s New Date first published Summary Section number 20/05/2021 Treatment of dried egg white for composites (post April 21) 8350 20/05/2021 Completing box on new POAO certificates (post 21 April 21) APHA is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and also works on behalf of the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Food Standards Agency to safeguard animal and plant health for the benefit of people, the environment and the economy. Guidance from previously issued versions (yellow highlight indicates that the content of that section has been updated since the previous version). Date first published Summary Section number 28/04/2021 animal health Regulations 28/04/2021 Heat treatment for shelf-stable composites containing dairy 28/04/2021 Use of schedules 28/04/2021 Cancel and replace 28/04/2021 exports of raw milk direct from GB farms to the EU 28/04/2021 Treatments for meat EHC 8254 28/04/2021 Country of origin for meat EHC 8254 28/04/2021 Transits of chilled meat preparations EHC 8256 28/04/2021 Lab reports EHC 8299 28/04/2021 Scallops Sensory examination at BCPs 26/03/2021 Frozen bovine meat text missing in notes for completion 18/03/2021 Composites exempt from certification 18/03/2021 Movements from ambient storage 18/03/2021 Products containing multiple.

3 Unprocessed POAO elements 18/03/2021 Export of hides for further processing into products for human consumption 18/03/2021 Qualification and title of certifying officers for fishery products EHC origin codes for shellfish 18/03/2021 Region of origin codes for shellfish 11/03/2021 Either/or statements 11/03/2021 animal by-products for the production of pet food 11/03/2021 Poultry meat from GB-hatched poultry 04/03/2021 Cleanliness of containers 04/03/2021 Export of composite products from registered establishments 04/03/2021 Ice cream Composite/dairy status 04/03/2021 Germinal product exports bovine semen 04/03/2021 animal by-product EHCs 8311 and 8345 either/or statements 04/03/2021 Poultry meat EHC 8296 box (types of packaging) 04/03/2021 Transit of mechanically separated poultry meat APHA is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and also works on behalf of the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Food Standards Agency to safeguard animal and plant health for the benefit of people, the environment and the economy.

4 17/02/2021 Temperature and transport conditions 17/02/2021 Transits of fish to 3rd countries via EU territory 17/02/2021 Certificate number on page 2 of EHCs 17/02/2021 EHC Languages 11/02/2021 Operator responsible for the consignment in the case of non-transiting goods 11/02/2021 Region of origin for exports where goods are not from and/or processed in the UK/GB 02/02/2021 Consignment weights 02/02/2021 Consigner versus point of dispatch 02/02/2021 Means of transport 02/02/2021 Classified harvesting areas approval numbers for non-filter feeder gastropods ( whelks and winkles) exported on the EHC for live bivalve molluscs fit for human consumption 02/02/2021 Approval numbers for hides on ice 02/02/2021 Region of origin for exports where GB is regionalised versus not regionalised 26/01/2021 Supplementary guarantees for in feather wild game exports 26/01/2021 Tallow exports 21/01/2021 Colour of stamps and signatures 21/01/2021 Description of containers 21/01/2021 Consignee details (EHC and CHEDs)

5 21/01/2021 Responsible operators and presence at BCP 21/01/2021 EHCs for goods placed on the market before the end of the Transition Period 21/01/2021 Trichinella testing 21/01/2021 Groupage Export Facilitation Scheme 19/01/2021 Certified Copies of EHCs 19/01/2021 Composite products 19/01/2021 Description of Goods Box 19/01/2021 Time of Departure 19/01/2021 Page Numbering 14/01/2021 Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles transporting livestock in relation to animal health attestation for EHCs for meat of porcine, ovine, caprine and bovine origin. 14/01/2021 Supplementary guarantees on EHCs for meat of bovine, ovine and caprine origin. 14/01/2021 Commodity codes APHA is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and also works on behalf of the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Food Standards Agency to safeguard animal and plant health for the benefit of people, the environment and the economy.

6 14/01/2021 Re-exporting POAO to EU 14/01/2021 Signing and stamping EHCs Treatment of dried egg white for composites (post April 21) 8350 There is a typographical error in EU legislation relating to heat treatment of dried egg white for composites certified using 8350 (new EHC for use post 21 April 2021). Commission regulations (Annex XXVIII of 2020/692) recommend a heat treatment at 54,4 degrees for 513 hours . This should read 54,4 degrees for hours , as in model certificate listed on EHC Finder (part ). The Commission have confirmed that this will be corrected in the ongoing amendment of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692. Completing box on new POAO certificates (post 21 April 21) When completing box of new POAO certificates for use post 21 April 2021, the Commission have confirmed that, for Date of collection/production , you should enter the earliest date of final production of the items contained in the consignment.

7 animal health Regulations (last updated 20/05/2021) New EU animal health Regulation (AHR) and composite rules now apply. As of 21 April 2021, five new EHCs and one private attestation can be used for exports of specific products of animal origin to the EU. This includes two new composite product EHCs and the private attestation document for products exempt from certification . The EHCs are on EHC online and the private attestation on form finder. If your composite product already requires an EHC, you will be able to carry on using the current EHC until August or choose to use the new documentation. If your product does not currently require an EHC, you must follow the new rules. For live animals, germinal products and other products of animal origin you will be able to continue using existing EHCs until August 2021. The remaining new EHCs for live animals, germinal products and products of animal origin will be phased in over the coming months.

8 Further Guidance can be found in OV Briefing Note 10/21. Ongoing communications around the animal health Regulations will be provided in routine briefing notes. New or amended Notes for Guidance to new or amended certificates under AHR will be published before the AHR EHCs become available. Frequently asked questions for certifiers relating to the new certificates are available here, or via email from Items from previous versions (new content highlighted in yellow) APHA is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and also works on behalf of the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Food Standards Agency to safeguard animal and plant health for the benefit of people, the environment and the economy. Heat treatment for shelf-stable composites containing dairy (last updated 28/04/2021) The European Commission has confirmed it is amending the AHR to allow businesses to use a private attestation to export shelf-stable composite products containing dairy (but not meat) that has not undergone UHT or sterilisation, so long as the dairy product originates and is processed in a third country listed for the export of dairy to the EU, such as GB.

9 As the legislative amendments are not in place by 21 April 2021, when the new Regulation has entered into force, the Commission has agreed an interim arrangement. There is further information in the Guidance . Use of schedules (last updated 28/04/2021) Information should only be included in a schedule if it is not possible to fit the information within the space provided into the main body of the certificate. The schedule must be clearly legible when printed. The information provided in the schedule should clearly reference the section of the certificate that it applies to and must match the information that is required in the certificate. Wherever possible this should be provided in the same format as in the certificate ( a table with the same column headers in the same order). Only the information required in the certificate should be included in the schedule ( OVs should not include commercial information such as prices or copies of other supporting documentation such as supporting attestations or laboratory results unless specifically instructed to include these).

10 OVs must follow the Guidance on APHA Vet Gateway and in the Notes for Guidance for the relevant certificate when using schedules. Cancel and replace (C&R) export health certificates (EHC) (last updated 28/04/2021) We are aware that, instead of applying to APHA for C&R EHCs, some certifying officers are creating new certificate and replacing the new certificate number with the old certificate number. This is not allowed. As established by The World Organisation for animal health (OIE), replacement certificates can only be issued by the Competent Authority, in this case the Centre for International Trade Carlisle (CITC). C&R EHCs not issued by a Veterinary Competent Authority are not considered legitimate and any consignment they accompany might be refused entry by the destination country. A request for a C&R to be issued must be done by submitting a completed application for the issue of a C&R EHC (ET135) to CITC.