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Animal medicine seizure notice: Parcel addressed to Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Details of seizure notice served following a parcel addressed to premises in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire stopped at the Port of Dover
The following veterinary medicines were stopped by Border Force at the Port of Dover and subsequently seized by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
The parcel was addressed to residential premises in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and was shipped from Romania. The parcel contained:
- 10x 1 tablets labelled Bravecto 500mg
- 5 x1 tablets labelled Bravecto 250mg
- 10x 1 tablets labelled Bravecto 1000mg
- 1x 100ml bottle labelled Borogluconat de Calciu 38%
- 2x 50ml bottles labelled Oxytocin (Bioveta) 5 iu/ml
- 4x 500ml bottles labelled Meloxoral 1.5 mg/ml (meloxicam)
- 5x 15ml bottles labelled Surolan Suspension
- 102 tablets labelled Drontal Dog Flavoured 150/144/50mg
These products are non-UK veterinary medicines and are labelled for use in both companion and food producing animals.
The medicines were seized under Regulation 25 (Importation of unauthorised veterinary medicinal products) of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.
Published 9 March 2021