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ByDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairspebble_isle_f5702f

How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.

Adapted edition

Agricultural biosecurity
Document type
Reference Guide
Format
DOCX
Pages
8
Language
English
Version
1.0
Updated
2026-09-17
Category
Safety & operations
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Description

How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

Contents
  • Where you can import from
  • Find the import risk category
  • Check what documents you need
  • Check if you need a specific licence or authorisation
  • Composite and compound products
  • High risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO)
  • Laboratory analyses
  • Official certificates
  • Commercial documents
  • Notify authorities in Great Britain about imports from outside the EU
  • Products made of more than one commodity type
  • Checks at BCPs
  • Finding the right BCP
  • Fees
  • When your consignment arrives
  • Leaving the BCP
Source and licence
Importing live animals, animal products and high risk food and feed of non-animal origin from non-EU countries to Great Britain

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Original source OGL-UK-3.0

AttributionDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ‘Importing live animals, animal products and high risk food and feed of non-animal origin from non-EU countries to Great Britain’ (updated 28 January 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.

Version history
  • v1.017/09/2026
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