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Poultry meat: model health certificates

Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export poultry meat to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 10 December 2020
• Last updated: 31 July 2024
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  1. 31 July 2024

     GBHC330 has been amended and a new certificate published. See the version history for details. GBHC332 Model health certificate for mechanically separated meat of poultry (POU-MSM) has been added and the version history updated.

  2. 30 April 2024

     GBHC330 has been amended please see the version history for details All old versions of certificates have been removed.

  3. 31 August 2023

     We have updated certificates GBHC330 and GBHC331. We have also updated the 'use from' dates for certificates GBHC330 and GBHC331. Use from date for EU changed to 31 January 2024.Use from date for non-EU countries changed to 30 April 2024.

  4. 28 April 2023

     We have replaced all EU certificates ending in E with new certificates that can be used by all countries. EU countries must use the new certificates from 31 October 2023. Non-EU countries can continue using certificates ending in X or start using the new certificates. We will communicate the deadline for non-EU countries switching to the new certificates in due course.

  5. 20 March 2023

     We have updated the approval dates for GBHC074E version 3.0 and GBHC074X version 3.1. They will now be accepted until 17 September 2023.

  6. 16 March 2023

     Uploaded updated versions of certificate 74E and 74X. Updated version history.

  7. 10 October 2022

     Multiple changes have been made: 1. Amended the version history notes for certificates GBHC074E, GBHC074X, GBHC077E and GBHC077X. The previous version of each certificate will continue to be accepted until 1 April 2023. 2. Corrected certificate GBHC077E – version 1.1 was still available. Replaced with v3.0.

  8. 28 September 2022

     Uploaded new versions of GBHC074E & GBHC077E and updated the version history.

  9. 7 September 2022

     Uploaded updated version of model health certificate GBHC077X.

  10. 31 August 2022

      Certificate GBHC074X has been updated.

  11. 30 June 2022

      Certificates GBHC074E and GBHC077E should now be used from 31 December 2023. They were previously due to come into effect on 1 July 2022.

  12. 1 May 2022

      We've updated certificates GBHC074X and GBHC077X.

  13. 28 February 2022

      Updated the following poultry meat model health certificates: Poultry meat from non-EU countries (798/2008 GBHC074X) and Poultry meat from EU 798/2008 (GBHC074E).

  14. 20 October 2021

      Added a version history of changes to model health certificates.

  15. 15 September 2021

      Changed the date that some of the certificates should be used to 1 July 2022

  16. 31 March 2021

      Updated the certificate poultry meat from non-EU countries 798/2008 GBHC074X.

  17. 22 March 2021

      Edited certificate 798/2008 GBHC074E and certificate UK-HC-077-E - these will now come into use 1 October 2021.

  18. 10 December 2020

      First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Poultry meat model health certificates: version history

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GBHC330 POU: Poultry meat

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GBHC331 POU-T: Poultry products transit

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GBHC332 POU-MSM: Poultry mechanically separated meat

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Details

Poultry meat exported to Great Britain must be accompanied by the relevant health certificate. Exporters should read the guide on how to complete a health certificate.

Certificates GBHC330

Must be used from 30 April 2024 by all countries.

Model health certificate for meat of poultry (Regulation 798/2008) (POU).

Certificate GBHC331

Must be used from 30 April 2024 by all countries.

Model health certificate for transit and storage of specified pathogen-free eggs, meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of poultry, ratites and wild game-birds, eggs and egg products (Regulation 798/2008) (POU-T).

Certificates GBHC332

Must be used from 31 January 2025 by all countries.

Model health certificate for mechanically separated meat of poultry (POU-MSM).