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Animal medicine seizure notice: Parcel shipped from Canada addressed to premises in Belfast
Details of seizure notice served following a parcel addressed to premises in Belfast was stopped at a Belfast deport.
The following veterinary medicines were identified by a courier company based at a Belfast depot. The products were detained and subsequently seized by Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
This parcel was addressed to residential premises in Belfast and was shipped from Canada.
The parcel contained bottles/packages labelled:
- B2 Splint remover 1 medium bottle and 2 small bottles
- Clotor concentrate splint remover 2 small bottles
- Cobolt 100 splint remover 3 medium bottles
- Pre Ferrin splint remover 3 medium bottles
- RBC-RL 2 large bottles
- 11 packages splint remover gold powder
These products were seized as they purport to be veterinary medicines intended for use in horses.
The medicines were seized under Regulation 25 (Importation of unauthorised veterinary medicinal products) of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.
Published 14 June 2022