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Trader Notices - Food Safety Controls on Meat


Meat Hygiene Trader Notices


2025

Trader Notice MH03/2025 - Veterinary Health Certificate for the Export of Chilled and Frozen Bone-in and Boneless Beef (excluding offal) to Thailand.
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Trader Notice MH 02/2025 - Handling of Category 3 Animal-By-Products during production, storage, and dispatch at DAFM Approved Meat Establishments
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Trader Notice MH 01/2025 – Dry ageing of Meat
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2024

MH07/2024

Trader Notice MH 07/2024 - Reminder Notice in respect of the Dispatch of materials to Category 3 - Version 2
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MH06/2024

Trader Notice MH06/2024 - Revised Veterinary Health Certificate (VHC), for the Export of fresh, or frozen beef (excluding offal) to Algeria, to include vacuum-refrigerated beef
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Veterinary Health Certificate for the Export of Fresh, or Frozen Beef (excluding offal) to Algeria Amended to Include Vacuum-Refrigerated Beef - Specimen
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MH05/2024

Trader Notice MH 05/2024 - Resumption of trade and revisions to the agreement on the export of pork/pork products to Malaysia
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Veterinary Health Certificate for the Export of Pork and Pork Products to Malaysia - Specimen
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MH04/2024

Trader Notice MH04/2024 - Requirements for the Selection of eligible Animal By-Products intended for the manufacture of Pet Food in Great Britain
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MH03/2024

Trader Notice MH 03/2024 - Export of Fresh, Vacuum-Refrigerated or Frozen Sheepmeat to Algeria
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VHC for the Export of Fresh, Vacuum-Refrigerated or Frozen Sheepmeat to Algeria
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MH02/2024

Revised Trader Notice MH 02/2024 - Export of un-split ovine carcasses containing SRM to Italy
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MH01/2024

Trader Notice MH 01/2024 - Requirements for the Export of Fresh Meat, Meat Preparations and Meat Products to Great Britain
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2023

MH10/2023

Trader Notice MH10/2023 - Revised MLs for Nitrites/Nitrates in meat products - Commission Reg. 2023/2108
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MH09/2023

Trader Notice MH 09/2023 – Revised Bilateral Veterinary Health Certificate for the Exports of Poultry meat to Ghana
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Veterinary Health Certificate for the Export of Poultry Meat to Ghana - Specimen
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MH08/2023

Trader Notice MH08/2023 - Procedures for the export of chilled or frozen beef, beef offal, minced beef, or beef burgers to Japan
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MH07/2023

Trader Notice MH07/2023 - HACCP-based Residue Monitoring
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MH06/2023

Trader Notice MH06/2023 - Guidance on Composite Products
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MH05/2023

Trader Notice MH05/2023 - Resumption of Trade and Revisions for Export of Butter Basted Whole Turkeys to the Republic of South Africa
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Veterinary Health and Inspection Certificate for the Export of Butter Basted Whole Turkeys to the Republic of South Africa - Specimen
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MH04/2023

Trader Notice MH04/2023 - Resumption of Trade and Revisions to the Export of Poultry Meat to South Africa
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Veterinary Health and Inspection Certificate for the Export of Poultry Meat (including mechanically recovered Poultry Meat) to the Republic of South Africa - Specimen
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MH03/2023

Trader Notice MH03/2023 Labelling of fresh, chilled and frozen meat of pig, sheep, goats, and poultry for Wholesale
– Business to business sale – for further processing
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MH02/2023

Trader Notice MH02/2023 Labelling of Beef for Wholesale
– Business to Business sale - for further processing
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MH01/2023

Trader Notice MH01/2023 Change of strip colour from Red to Black as a means of identifying eligible carcases for export to Japan
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2022

MH10/2022

Trader Notice MH10/2022 – Agreement with Cambodia on the Export of Beef, Sheepmeat and Pigmeat
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Export Health Cert for the Export of Beef, Sheepmeat and Pigmeat to Cambodia - Specimen
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Notification No. 178 on Procedure of Animal Sanitation Control and Animal Origin Products
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Notification No. 3525 on Requirement of Importing Live Animals, Meats and Animal Products
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MH09/2022

Trader Notice MH09/2022 – EU-CA Health Certificate - Migration to TRACES System
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EU EHC (CA) Fresh Beef for Export to Canada - Specimen
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EU EHC (CA) Pigmeat for Export to Canada - Specimen
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MH08/2022

Trader Notice MH08/2022 - Agreement on the export of pork/pork products to Malaysia
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Veterinary Health Cert for export of pork and pork products to Malaysia - specimen
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MH07/2022

MH07/2022 Revised Health Certificate for Exports of Beef and Beef Products to the Philippines
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Revised Veterinary Health Certificate for Exports of Beef and Beef Products to the Philippines - Specimen
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MH06/2022

MH06/2022 - Certification arrangements for the export of poultry meat and chicken feet to the Republic of Namibia
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Veterinary Health certificate for the Export of Fresh/Frozen Poultry Meat to Namibia - Specimen
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Veterinary Health certificate for the Export of Frozen/Chilled Raw Chicken Feet to Namibia - Specimen
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MH05/2022

MH05/2022 - New UK rules on the labelling of food products
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MH04/2022

Trader Notice MH04/2022 – Revised Health Certificate for Beef exports to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Application Form for Approval of meat establishments for the export of beef and beef products to Saudi Arabia – 14/04/2022
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Veterinary Health Certificate for the export of meat and meat products to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Specimen
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MH03/2022

Trader Notice MH03/2022 - Revised Health Certificate for Exports of Frozen Poultrymeat and Poultrymeat Products to Singapore - Updated
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Singapore - Revised Poultrymeat VHC - Specimen
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MH02/2022

MH02/2022 - EU Health Certificate for Export of Pork/Beef/Mutton to Hong Kong – migration of certification arrangements to the TRACES system
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EU Health Certificate for the Export of Pork/Beef/Mutton to Hong Kong – Specimen
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Declaration for the Export of Pork/Beef/Mutton to Hong Kong – Specimen
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MH01/2022

MH01/2022 - Revised Health Certificate for Exports of Beef and Beef Products to Singapore
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Veterinary Health Certificate for the Export of Beef and Beef Products from Ireland to Singapore - Specimen
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Application for Approval of meat establishments for the Export of Beef to Singapore - Form
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2021

MH19/2021

MH19/2021 - Deferral of changes to UK SPS import controls and customs requirements for agri-food products imported from the EU
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MH18/2021

MH18/2021 - Revised Hong Kong Poultrymeat VHC
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MH18/2021 – Revised Hong Kong Poultrymeat VHC Specimen
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MH17/2021

MH17/2021 - Changes to UK SPS import controls and customs requirements for agri-food products imported from the EU
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MH16/2021

MH16/2021 - Revision of import restrictions from Hong Kong and Kuwait
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MH15/2021

MH15/2021 - Minimum labelling requirements for meat imports into the Philippines
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MH14/2021

MH14/2021 - Irelands Negligible Risk BSE Status and revised Definition of SRM - Updated
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MH13/2021

MH13/2021 - Export of fresh meat and meat products of ovine or caprine origin from Ireland to New Zealand
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New Zealand - Export of Sheep or Goat Meat EHC - Specimen
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MH12/2021

MH12/2021 - Export of Beef and Beef Offal to Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea - Export Beef and Beef Offal EHC - Specimen
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MH11/2021

MH11/2021 Exporting Composite Products to GB from 01/10/2021 and through GB to the EU via Land-bridge
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MH10/2021

MH10/2021 Export Frozen & Processed Poultrymeat to Singapore
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Singapore – Revised frozen poultrymeat VHC - specimen
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Singapore- AI Bespoke Heat treated VHC - specimen
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MH09/2021

MH09/2021 Beef Hearts to Canada
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MH08/2021

MH08/2021 - Revised EU-Canada EHC for the Export of Fresh Pigmeat
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MH08/2021 - Revised EU-Canada EHC for the Export of Fresh Beef
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MH08/2021- Revised EU-Canada Export Certificates for the export of fresh beef and fresh pigmeat coming under certain customs codes
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MH07/2021

MH07/2021 - Revision of the Health Certificate for the Export of Poultrymeat and Poultrymeat Products to UAE
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MH07/2021 – Revision of UAE VHC for Poultrymeat
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MH07/2021 – Annex to UAE VHC for Poultrymeat
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MH06/2021

MH06/2021-Revision of EHC for Beef and Beef Offal to Japan to Include Minced Meat and Meat Preparations
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MH06/2021 – Application Form to Export Beef and Beef Offal to Japan to Include Minced Meat and Meat Preparations
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MH06/2021 – Revised VHC Beef BurgerJapan - March
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MH05/2021

MH05/2021-Requirement for all FBOs to Register on TRACES New Technology (NT)
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MH05/2021 - Annex 1 - TRACES NT Registration and Users Training Manual
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MH04/2021

MH 04/2021 – Food Chain Information (FCI) Document for Poultry (Ducks)
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MH 04/2021 FCI Poultry Duck – Annex 1
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MH03/2021

MH 03/2021 Updated TRACES (classic) - Food Business Operators - Registration Procedure
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MH 03/2021 Updated TRACES (classic) - Food Business Operators - Registration Procedure – Annex 1
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MH03/2021 Registering a New User for Operations on TRACES (classic) Guidance Note
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MH02/2021

Trader Notice: MH02/2021 - Reminder on specific labelling and shipping mark requirements to North America
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MH01/2021

Trader Notice: MH01/2021 - Requests for Background Certification to the UK after 1 January 2021 (UK Meat Products)
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