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The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
There are rules for bringing food or animal products into Great Britain…
The rules on bringing meat, dairy, fish and other animal products depend…
The rules on bringing fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds depend on the…
You may need to apply for a permit or certificate if you’re bringing any…
If you declare banned food products to Border Force officers at customs,…
Take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad: getting a pet passport or export health certificate, microchip, vaccinations and tapeworm treatments.
Check what you need to do before you can travel with your pet dog, cat or…
You’ll need a Northern Ireland pet travel document (PTD) to take your dog,…
If you’re travelling to a non-EU country, you’ll need to get an export…
You must get your pet microchipped before, or at the same time as, their…
You must get your dog, cat or ferret vaccinated against rabies before it…
A vet must treat your dog for tapeworm and record it in either an animal…
You need an animal health certificate for your dog, cat or ferret if…
You can no longer use a pet passport issued in Great Britain (England,…
Contact the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for more information…
Apply for a pet travel document (PTD) to take your dog, cat or ferret from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
You must fill in this form to confirm that you won't sell or transfer the pet dog, cat, ferret or assistance dog to a new owner in the UK.
Use this certificate to bring your pet dog, cat or ferret, or assistance dog, to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland).
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
What to do if you’re bringing your pet or pets to Great Britain: quarantine rules, documents you need, types of animal you can bring.
How to register if you keep 50 or more birds, including any you keep as pets.
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 meat products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of…
Use this form to submit samples to test pets for rabies antibodies for international pet travel schemes.
Use this form to apply for a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number. This is needed when you temporarily keep livestock on someone else's land.
Submit samples to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for commercial testing by APHA Scientific.
Form to apply for a licence to move TB restricted cattle to or from holdings in England.
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 other animal by-products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands…
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 HRFNAO to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
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 petfood to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Form for premises and sites that handle or use animal by-products (ABPs) to register.
Submission form to test for bovine genital campylobacter and trichomoniasis in cattle.
Forms to apply for authorisation to issue plant passports or check if you need to be authorised.
Forms to register approved finishing units (AFUs) for TB restricted cattle in England and Wales and approved premises.
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