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Products of Animal Origin and Composite Products

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What you need to know

Since October 2021

The Irish exporter must register with the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) as an exporter of animals and products of animal origin (POAO) to non-EU countries.   

  • The Irish exporting business must ensure that your business details are registered on TRACES and listed on the “approved list of establishments allowed to export to the UK”. 
  • Some composite products are exempt from offical controls. A Composite product that contains no processed meat product and less than half its substance of any other processed product of animal origin are also subject to veterinary checks at BCPs unless they satisfy the requirements of Article 6 of Decision 007/275/EC. The milk content must only come from a country approved for dairy products.  

Annex II of Decision 2007/275/EC lists some composite products and foodstuffs which are not subject to veterinary checks.  

  • The GB based importer must register with IPAFFS and complete pre-notification of the import on IPAFFS. 
  • Current UK import requirements will preclude the export of fresh or chilled minced meat or meat preparations from the EU (including Ireland) to Great Britain from 1 January 2022. However, minced meat and meat preparations can be exported to Great Britain if frozen to -18oC and if they meet the other UK import requirements.