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Petfood model health certificates: version history

Updated 16 May 2024

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Competent authorities must provide a health certificate to exporters of animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Competent authorities should use the updates below to make changes to health certificates for exporters to ensure they are in line with the current version of the model health certificates.

GBHC079X PET-C: Canned petfood from non-EU countries

Version 3.1

Published October 2022

  • Part II: removed references to Commission Decision 2007/453 in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘BSE risk status’ published on gov.uk, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

  • Added: new footnote (2) with a link to a document on data.gov

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 - accepted until 1 June 2023:

  • I.6: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • I.26: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • Part II: removed “of the European Parliament and of the Council” from the opening paragraph

  • Notes: removed list of countries subject to transitional import arrangements

  • Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”

  • Footnote (2): renumbered as footnote (1); markers in attestation updated accordingly

  • “Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man” shortened to “Great Britain” throughout

  • full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.2

Published December 2021 - accepted until 1 November 2022:

  • II.6: missing opening bracket added to the start of section.

Version 1.1

Published June 2021. Accepted until 20 June 2022:

  • I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”

  • certificate reference number added to each page

  • certificate version number added to each page

Version 1.0

  • published November 2020 - accepted until 1 May 2022

GBHC092X PET-P: Processed petfood from non-EU countries

Version 3.1

Published October 2022

  • Part II: removed references to Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘milk and milk products’ published on gov.uk, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 605/2010

  • Part II: removed references to Commission Decision 2007/453 in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘BSE risk status’ published on gov.uk, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

  • Added: new footnotes (3) and (4) with links to a document on data.gov

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 - accepted until 1 June 2023:

  • I.6: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • I.26: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • Part II: removed “of the European Parliament and of the Council” from the opening paragraph

  • II.7: clause number corrected from “11.7” to “II.7”

  • Notes: removed list of countries subject to transitional import arrangements

  • Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”

  • Footnotes: renumbered; markers in attestation updated accordingly

  • “Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man” shortened to “Great Britain” throughout

  • footnotes formatted in superscript throughout

  • full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.1

Published June 2021 - accepted until 1 November 2022:

  • I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”

  • certificate reference number added to each page

  • certificate version number added to each page

Version 1.0

  • published November 2020 - accepted until 1 May 2022

GBHC093X PET-R: Raw petfood from non-EU countries

Version 3.1

Published October 2022

  • Part II: removed a reference to Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008. Replaced with a reference to a document relating to ‘poultry and poultry products’ published on gov.uk, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008

  • Part II: removed a reference to Annex II to Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010. Replaced with a reference to a document relating to ‘fresh meat of ungulates’ published on gov.uk, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2010

  • Part II: removed a reference to Annex I to Commission Regulation No 119/2009. Replaced with a reference to a document relating to ‘meat of wild leporidae, certain wild land mammals and of farmed rabbits’ published on gov.uk, in accordance with Commission Regulation No 119/2009

  • Part II: removed references to Commission Decision 2007/453 in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘BSE risk status’ published on gov.uk, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

  • Part II: replaced a reference to ‘OIE’ with a reference to ‘WOAH (formerly OIE)’

  • Added: New footnotes (3) and (4) with links to documents on data.gov

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 - accepted until 1 June 2023:

  • I.6: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • I.26: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • Part II: removed “of the European Parliament and of the Council” from the opening paragraph

  • Notes: removed list of countries subject to transitional import arrangements

  • Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”

  • Footnotes: renumbered; markers in attestation updated accordingly

  • “Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man” shortened to “Great Britain” throughout

  • footnotes formatted in superscript throughout

  • full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.1

Published June 2021 - accepted until 1 November 2022:

  • I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”

  • certificate reference number added to each page

  • certificate version number added to each page

Version 1.0

  • published November 2020 - accepted until 1 May 2022

GBHC562 PET-R: Raw petfood

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published May 2023 – accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC093E

GBHC130X PET-D: Dogchews from non-EU countries

Version 3.1

Published October 2022

  • Part II: removed references to Commission Decision 2007/453 in each place they occurred. Replaced with references to a document relating to ‘BSE risk status’ published on gov.uk, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.

  • Added: new footnote (3) with a link to a document on data.gov.

Version 3.0

Published May 2022 - accepted until 1 June 2023:

  • I.6: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • I.26: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • I.27: removed “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”

  • Part II: removed “of the European Parliament and of the Council” from the opening paragraph

  • II.2: footnote (2) markers corrected to (1)

  • Notes: removed list of countries subject to transitional import arrangements

  • Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”

  • “Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man” shortened to “Great Britain” throughout

  • full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.2

Published June 2021 - accepted until 1 November 2022:

  • I.16: removed “in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Isle of Man”

  • certificate reference number added to each page

  • certificate version number added to each page

Version 1.1

  • published December 2020 - accepted until 1 May 2022

Version 1.0

  • published November 2020 - accepted until 1 May 2022

GBHC563 PET-D: Dogchews

Version 1.0

Published May 2023:

  • replaces GBHC130E

GBHC564 PET-I: Innards for petfood

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

  • AH/P800A Notes for Completion amended wording of the first paragraph

Version 1.0

Published May 2023 – accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC131E and GBHC131X

GBHC565 PET-ABP: Animal by products for petfood

Version 1.0

Published May 2023:

  • replaces GBHC132E and GBHC132X

GBHC194 12. Animal Casings for the Production of Petfood or for Technical Purposes from New Zealand

Version 1.0

  • published June 2021

GBHC195 15. Processed Animal Protein for Feedingstuffs from New Zealand

Version 1.0

  • published June 2021

GBHC198 21. Processed Petfood from New Zealand

Version 1.0

  • published June 2021

GBHC199 23. Animal Products for the Manufacture of Petfood or for use outside the Feed Chain from New Zealand

Version 1.0

  • published June 2021
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