Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System

What is Required?

The requirements differ slightly depending on the product type. However, generally, the below apply:

Low Risk - Commercial Documents only and all relevant statements supporting production of the goods to prove eligible for low risk
Medium Risk - Export Health Certificate and Commercial Documents plus any additional supporting documents proving the production of the goods
High Risk - Export Health Certificate and Commercial Documents. Please do all relevant checks on high-risk goods before shipping them to make sure you have specific documents

Plants and Plant Products deviate slightly in that Low Risk Plants and Plant Products do not require pre-notification. Medium Risk Plants and Plant Products can be split further into two categories, Medium-Risk A and Medium-Risk B.

Medium Risk A - Commercial Documents only
Medium Risk B - Phytosanitary Certificate and Commercial Documents required
High Risk - Phytosanitary Certificate and Commercial Documents required.

If you are using an intermediary to complete your pre-notifications for plants and plant products, ensure you have given access to that intermediary by linking ‘trade partners’ in your IPAFFS account. Agents will have a 10 digit code which is used to allow delegation of authority to your chosen agent. This allows them to complete the notifications on your behalf.

For High Risk Food and Feed Not Of Animal Origin, it is important to check which annex the goods fall into as per Regulation 2019/1793 this will dictate whether you need to provide lab analysis checks, sampling results, and an official Export Health Certificate as part of the pre-notification.

EORI (UK) are registered to complete IPAFFS declarations on your behalf. Please ensure you leave enough time for us to notify the goods. This should generally be done at least 24 hours in advance of arrival into the UK, especially where the goods are high risk.

Once completed, the IPAFFS system will return a 'CHED' reference which should then be lodged on the accompanying GB import declaration. This will then link up and reference with the port entry model (GVMS or Inventory) to inform the haulier if they should report for inspection or not. Inspection information will be available on the GMR and the IPAFFS declaration. As the submitter of the IPAFFS declaration, EORI (UK) are able to input additional contacts so that you can keep up to date with any additional notifications for that specific CHED.

Useful information

For a list of BCP's (Border Control Posts) in GB, click HERE
Model health certificates for exports to GB, click HERE
Importing composite goods (some are exempt), click HERE
More information about importing POAO products, click HERE

If you need an IPAFFS declaration and need help, contact our sales team - sales@eori.uk

SPS (Sanitary and Phytosanitary goods)

SPS (Sanitary and Phytosanitary goods) that are being imported into the UK require import pre-notification. This allows Port Health authorities to analyse the risk of the goods being imported before they arrive in the country, determining where additional checks may be needed or where documentation alone is enough to let the goods move on from the frontier.

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IPAFFS

(Import pre-notification)

IPAFFS are used to generate UK CHED declarations. There are four types of CHED:

CHED-A - Live Animals

CHED-D - High Risk Food and Feed Not of Animal Origin

CHED-P - Products of Animal Origin

CHED-PP - Plant and Plant Products

What is Required?

Need an IPAFFS declaration?

SPS (Sanitary and Phytosanitary goods)

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