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Ensuring blood and blood products are safe if there’s no Brexit deal

If the UK leaves the EU with ‘no deal’, blood and blood components in the UK will continue to meet quality and safety standards and conform to EU testing requirements.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 23 August 2018
• Last updated: 14 September 2018
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  1. 14 September 2018

     Updated to inform that the notices may sometimes apply to businesses and citizens in the EEA.

  2. 23 August 2018

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 9 April 2019

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If the UK leaves the EU on 12 April 2019 without a deal, find out how this would affect:

• the safety and quality of blood and blood components in the UK
• regulations for importing and exporting blood or blood components.