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OVS听note number:听 2025/34

Date: 14 May 2025

Purpose

To inform you that Defra has reviewed the actions taken by the German Competent Authority in response to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that was confirmed on 10 January 2025 and concluded that the area of Germany previously covered by the containment zone can be recognised as free of foot-and-mouth disease from 14 May 2025.

As a result, the suspension of import restrictions from the containment zone (as defined in the 鈥樷�� document) have been lifted for the following affected commodities, provided all other import conditions, including all the attestations in the health certificates, can be met:

• Live (including non-domestic) ruminant and porcine animals, including wild game, and their germplasm
• Fresh meat from ruminant and porcine animals (including chilled and frozen)
• Meat products from ruminant and porcine animals that have not been subject to specific treatment D1, D, C or B (including wild game)
• Raw and pasteurised milk and raw and pasteurised milk products of FMD-susceptible animals (including colostrum)
• Certain animal by-products
• Hay and straw

Background

Germany notified WOAH of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on 10 January 2025: .

The UK Office for SPS Trade Assurance amended its country listings on 13 January 2025 to suspend imports of several commodities from FMD-susceptible animals from the whole territory of Germany (see OVS note for a full list of actions taken). The UK Office for SPS Trade Assurance further amended the fresh meat of ungulates list on 29 January 2025 to insert closing dates in Germany鈥檚 entry (please see ). Please also see OVS notes ) for further guidance on the FMD outbreak in Germany.

The UK Office for SPS Trade Assurance further amended its listings on 24 March 2025 to recognise regionalisation of Germany for the one FMD outbreak (please see OVS note 2025/23).

Defra has now reviewed the measures implemented by the German Competent Authority in response to the outbreak and concluded that the area of Germany previously covered by the containment zone (CZ) can be recognised as free of FMD from 14 May 2025.

The UK Office for SPS Trade Assurance amended its third country listings on 14 May 2025 to lift the suspension on imports of the following commodities from FMD-susceptible animals from the parts of Germany previously covered by the CZ: 听听

• Live ruminants and swine: model certificates BOV-X, BOV-Y, OVI-X, OVI-Y, RUM, POR-X, POR-Y and SUI have been added to the area of Germany previously covered by the CZ (DE-4) in the third country listing. In addition, footnote 鈥榙鈥� has been added to DE-4, which stipulates that 鈥榝or certification purposes, this territory is considered to have been free of FMD from 14/05/2025鈥�.
• Ruminant germplasm: footnote 鈥榖鈥�, has been added to the area of Germany previously covered by the CZ (DE-1) in the , , , and third country listings, which stipulates that 鈥榝or certification purposes, this territory is considered to have been free of FMD from 14/05/2025鈥�.
• Porcine germplasm: footnote 鈥榓鈥� has been added to Germany鈥檚 entry in the list, which stipulates that 鈥榝or certification purposes, this territory is considered to have been free of FMD from 14/05/2025鈥�.
• Fresh meat of certain domestic and non-domestic ruminants and swine: the BOV, OVI, RUF, RUW, SUF, and SUW model certificates have been added to the area of Germany previously covered by the CZ (DE-6) in the third country listing.听听Footnote 鈥榞鈥� has also been added to DE-6, which stipulates that 鈥榝or certification purposes, this territory is considered to have been free of FMD from 14/05/2025.鈥�
• Meat products: heat treatment 鈥楧1鈥� has been replaced by heat treatment 鈥楢鈥� in columns 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11 of the area of Germany previously covered by the CZ (DE-7) in the third country listing. In addition, footnote 鈥榖鈥� has been added to DE-7 which stipulates that 鈥榝or certification purposes, this territory is considered to have been free of FMD from 14/05/2025鈥�.
• Raw and pasteurised milk and raw and pasteurised milk products (including colostrum): 鈥�0鈥� has been replaced by 鈥�+鈥� in column A and B of the area of Germany previously covered by the CZ (DE-1) in the country listing. In addition, footnote 鈥榚鈥� has been added to DE-1, which stipulates that 鈥榝or certification purposes, this territory is considered to have been free of FMD from 14/05/2025鈥�.
• Certain animal by-products (ABPs)

鈥楩MD-susceptible animals鈥� means a cow, bull, sheep, goat, deer, camel, llama, alpaca, guanaco, vicuna, any other ruminant, any swine (that is, a member of the suborder Suina of the order Artiodactyla) or elephant.

For bovine, ovine and caprine semen, ova and embryos certificates, the appropriate ISO code (either the area previously covered by the containment zone or the area outside the containment zone) as described in column 1 of the following lists: 听 and should be added to Box I.8 of the relevant certificate and to the first paragraph of the animal health attestations. This provides assurance that the products originating from inside and outside of the area of Germany previously covered by the CZ comply with the relevant animal health attestations. 听

African Swine Fever

It should be noted that parts of Germany are currently under restriction due to African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks in domestic pigs and/or wild boar.

This means that imports of fresh porcine and wild swine meat and meat products (unless treated to mitigate ASF), and live porcine animals, from ASF-affected parts of Germany continue to be prohibited. In addition, imports of porcine semen from the entire territory of Germany to Great Britain remain suspended.

Bluetongue

In addition, Germany鈥檚 Bluetongue Virus 3 (BTV-3) status requires compliance with Supplementary Guarantee (SG) 鈥楢鈥� (as denoted in column 6 of the list). BTV-3 vaccines authorised for use in the EU cannot currently be used for trade due to the lack of information on the duration of immunity of the vaccine meaning they cannot comply with the relevant part of the certificate. Consequently, imports of live ruminants from Germany cannot be certified.

Safeguard measures

In addition, the following Safeguard Declarations were published on our imports topical issues page on 14 May 2025 to recognise FMD freedom for Germany鈥檚 CZ:

• Declaration of special measures: Germany (revocation)
• Declaration of special measures: importation of untreated wool and hair from Hungary and Slovakia
• Declaration of special measures: importation of animal casings from susceptible animals from Hungary and Slovakia
• Declaration of special measures: personal imports of products from susceptible animals from EEA states, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Switzerland

The new safeguard measures, published separately for England, Scotland and Wales, apply on a GB-wide basis from 15 May 2025 and will continue to apply until they are revoked or amended. For the purposes of certification, the area of Germany previously covered by the CZ has been considered free of FMD since 14 May 2025.

Please be advised that, while the basis of the restrictions in the 鈥楧eclaration of special measures: personal imports of products from susceptible animals from EEA states, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Switzerland鈥� document removes reference to Germany, the restrictions remain unchanged. This means that no products of听FMD-susceptible animals can be imported from the EU single market area (EEA states, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Switzerland) into Great Britain as personal imports, whether unpackaged or commercially produced and packaged. Please see OVS note 2025/29 for a full breakdown of these restrictions.

See the list of ABP commodities from the area previously covered by the CZ that are no longer subject to restrictions under safeguard measures.

Supporting documentation for animal by-products

Prior to the lifting of restrictions, imports of certain types of ABP originating from either inside or outside the area previously covered by the CZ required supporting documentation about processing method or origin of material. Some commodities from the area previously covered by the CZ cannot be exported. Therefore, the following low-risk commodities still require supporting documentation to provide assurance that the products originate from animals outside of the area previously covered by the CZ in Germany:

• milk and milk-products that are not for use in animal feed
• colostrum and colostrum products from bovines that are not for use in animal feed

Supporting documentation will no longer be required for any other types of commodities.

Type of supporting documentation 鈥� origin of material

Commercial document or statement signed by a person with knowledge of and responsibility for the relevant parts of the production process on company letter headed paper, that declares the product does not contain ABP originating from animals inside FMD containment/restricted zone.

Submitting the documents

The documents must be uploaded and attached to the CHED import notification the trader creates in IPAFFS, in the 鈥楢dditional Documentation鈥� section before they submit it unless the goods are already detained at the BCP.

Contact point for enquiries

Email:听imports@apha.gov.uk

Imports and听EU听Trade Team

Guidance for Traders following removal of restrictions on the containment zone for FMD in Germany

Commodities in scope:

• live (including non-domestic) ruminant and porcine animals, including wild game, and their germplasm
• fresh meat from ruminant and porcine animals (including chilled and frozen)
• meat products from ruminant and porcine animals that have not been subject to specific treatment D1, D, C or B (including wild game)
• milk, colostrum and their products, not treated to a treatment as defined in Article 4 of Regulation 605/2010
• certain animal by-products
• hay and straw

Following an assessment, restrictions previously applied to imports of these commodities from the containment zone that had been established in Germany, have now been lifted. This means that the export of the previously affected commodities from that containment zone can resume, provided that all other import conditions are met and all attestations in the relevant export health certificate can be certified.听

The of EU countries approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain and the relevant safeguard declarations published at Imports, exports and EU trade of animals and animal products: topical issues - 51茶馆 have been updated accordingly.听听

• Official date of the restrictions being lifted: 14 May 2025

This date will be inserted as a footnote in the relevant third country lists for certification purposes.

See below for specific guidance for certification of affected commodities from that containment zone following the removal of restrictions.

Live animals

For live animals dispatched from that containment zone after GB restrictions have been lifted, please refer to the following information on the attestations related to the territory and the establishment of origin:

GBHC620 (BOV-X), GBHC621 (BOV-Y), GBHC630 (OVI-X), GBHC631 (OVI-Y),听 GBHC680 (POR-X) and GBHC681 (POR-Y) - In the territory requirements (freedom from disease) regarding the following attestations: bovine certificates 鈥� AH/T117; ovine and caprine certificates 鈥� AH/T121; porcine certificates - AH/T129]

has been considered free from [foot-and-mouth disease], since 鈥︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�� (dd/mm/yyyy), without having had cases/outbreaks from that date, and authorised to export these animals by 鈥︹�� of 鈥︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�� (dd/mm/yyyy), and;]

please insert:

• the date as indicated in the document related to published on 51茶馆, in accordance with Regulation 206/2010 in the first and third dotted line.
• the words 鈥淪ecretary of State鈥� as authorising authority in the second dotted line.

Please note that this guidance is only intended for FMD and the porcine certificates may have restrictions related to the other diseases referred to in a similar attestation.

GBHC710 (RUM) and GBHC711 (SUI) - imports into Great Britain of live animals dispatched from a territory affected by FMD outbreak can resume 24 months after the date that the restrictions have been lifted.

GBHC716 (RUM-A) - AH/T124 - there are two options,

(a)(i) to be used when the country or territory or part thereof has been free for the past 12 months OR

(a)(ii) the animals have been subject to the relevant tests for FMD as described in the certificate with negative results.

GBHC717 (SUI-A) - AH/T128 - there are two options

(a)(i)(1) to be used when the country or territory or part thereof has been free for the past 12 months OR

(a)(i)(2) the animals have been subject to the relevant tests for FMD as described in the certificate with negative results.

In addition and applying to all live animal certificates listed in this part, exports to Great Britain from establishments located within 10km of the outbreak can resume after a minimum of 40 days after the latest FMD case.

Germinal products

Trade of germinal products collected from the areas outside that containment zone can continue to be imported into Great Britain provided that all other import conditions are met. For the purposes of certification, the UK considers the area outside that containment zone to be free of FMD for at least 24 months. 听

Please note that import restrictions in place for other diseases remain, including for bluetongue and African swine fever

Imports into Great Britain of bovine semen, oocytes and embryos, ovine/caprine semen oocytes and embryos, porcine semen from that containment zone can resume after the restrictions have been lifted and providing the germinal product is compliant with the animal health attestations in the relevant GB health certificate.听

Semen

GBHC800 - bovine semen (AH/132), GBHC820 - ovine/caprine semen (AH/134A) and GBHC 830 - porcine semen (AH/170) can only be imported from a country or part thereof that has been free from FMD for a period of 12 months immediately prior to the date of collection and until dispatch.

Bovine semen exported from an approved storage centre using GBHC802 must comply with the semen collection centre requirements set out in GBHC800. Ovine/caprine semen exported from an approved storage centre using GBHC821 must comply with the semen collection centre requirements set out in GBHC820.

Embryos or oocytes collected from within the containment zone whilst the area was restricted due to FMD can be imported into Great Britain provided all other animal health requirements are complied with.

In vivo collected bovine embryos and in vitro produced bovine, ovine or caprine embryos can be imported from that containment zone provided they can comply with the requirements in the following attestations:听 in vivo bovine embryos - AH/T133 A (c), in vitro bovine embryos 鈥� AH/133 B (a) (iii) and ovine/caprine embryos AH/T134 B (c) and the donor animals comply with the animal health requirements below.

In addition, the establishment of collection (including abattoirs), must be in a 10km zone where no outbreak of FMD has occurred in the 30 days prior to collection and until dispatch (or 30 days for embryos subject to mandatory storage).听 This is in accordance with the following attestations:听 GBHC803: AH/E371A and AH/E372A; GBHC804 and GBHC805: AH/E371B and AH/E372B; GBHC822: AA/E100 and AA/E101.

Products of animal origin (POAO) (for human consumption)

This guidance does not apply to POAO from outside containment zone.

Meat

Following lifting of restrictions, exports of fresh meat from that containment zone can resume provided all the relevant conditions are met.

Meat produced before the opening date is not eligible to be imported into Great Britain.

Ruminant meat

The relevant GB health certificates are as follows:

• Fresh meat, including minced meat, of domestic bovine animals (including Bison and Bubalus species and their cross-breeds) (BOV) ()
• Fresh meat, including minced meat, of domestic ovine animals (Ovis aries) and domestic caprine animals (Capra hircus) (OVI) ()
• Fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of farmed nondomestic animals of the order Artiodactyla (excluding bovine animals (including Bison and Bubalus species and their cross-breeds), Ovis aries, Capra hircus, Suidae and Tayassuidae), and of the families Rhinocerotidae and Elephantidae (RUF) (excluding offal and minced meat) ()
• Fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of wild nondomestic animals of the order Artiodactyla (excluding bovine animals (including Bison and Bubalus species and their cross-breeds), Ovis aries, Capra hircus, Suidae and Tayassuidae), and of the families Rhinocerotidae and Elephantidae (RUW) (excluding offal and minced meat) ()

Regarding the following attestations AH/T104D Territory requirements (BOV), AH/T104B (OVI), AH/T104A (RUF) and AH/T104C (RUW)

When completing the relevant attestation in the below certificates for meat originating in that containment zone, the certifying official veterinarian must use the second option (b).

[(b) has been considered free from foot-and-mouth disease since 鈥︹�︹�︹�︹��.. (dd/mm/yyyy), without having had cases/outbreaks afterwards, and authorised to export this meat by 鈥︹�︹��. , of 鈥︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹��.. (dd/mm/yyyy)

Please insert:

• the opening date as indicated in the published on 51茶馆, in accordance with Regulation 206/2010 in both places.
• the words 鈥淪ecretary of State鈥� as authorising authority.

Please note that this guidance is only intended for FMD and you will need to check the import requirements in relation to the other diseases referred to in the attestations.

Porcine meat

The relevant certificates are as follows :

• Fresh meat, including minced meat of domestic porcine animals (Sus scrofa) (POR) ()
• Mechanically separated meat of domestic porcine animals (Sus scrofa) (POR-MSM) ()

Regarding the following attestations:听 AH/T103 (POR), (POR-MSM)

When completing the relevant attestation in the following certificates, the certifying official veterinarian must use the second option (b) .

(b) has been considered free from ()[foot-and-mouth disease], ()[classical swine fever] and (*)[swine vesicular disease], since 鈥︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�� (dd/mm/yyyy), without having had cases/outbreaks afterwards, and authorised to export this meat by 鈥︹�︹�︹�� of 鈥︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�� (dd/mm/yyyy);

Please insert:

• the opening date as indicated in the published on 51茶馆, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 in both places.
• the words 鈥淪ecretary of State鈥� as authorising authority.

Please note that this guidance is only intended for FMD and you will need to check the import requirements in relation to the other diseases referred to in the attestations.

Other Suidae

The relevant certificates are as follows:

• Fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of farmed non-domestic animals belonging to the Suidae, Tayassuidae or Tapiridae families (SUF) ()
• Fresh meat, excluding offal and minced meat, of wild nondomestic animals belonging to the Suidae, Tayassuidae, or Tapiridae families (SUW) ()

Regarding the following attestations:听 AH/T103 (SUF) and (SUW) ]

When completing the relevant attestation in the below certificates, the certifying vet must use the second option (a) (ii):

[(a)听听听听听 (ii) has been considered free from ()[foot-and-mouth disease], ()[classical swine fever] and (*)[swine vesicular disease], since 鈥︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�� (dd/mm/yyyy), without having had cases/outbreaks afterwards, and authorised to export this meat by 鈥︹�︹�︹�� of 鈥︹�︹�︹�︹�︹�� (dd/mm/yyyy); and

Please insert:

• the opening date as indicated in the published on 51茶馆, in accordance with Regulation 206/2010 in both places.
• the words 鈥淪ecretary of State鈥� as authorising authority.

Please note that this guidance is only intended for FMD and you will need to check the import requirements in relation to the other diseases referred to in the attestations.

Meat preparations

Following the lifting of restrictions, export of meat preparations from that containment zone can resume provided all the relevant conditions are met.

The relevant certificate is as follows:

• Meat preparations (MP-PREP)

Meat preparations from that containment zone are permitted provided that the fresh meat originates from a territory eligible to import into Great Britain. In relation to FMD as stated above, fresh meat from that containment zone is permitted.

Please note that this guidance is only intended for FMD and you will need to check the import requirements in relation to the other diseases referred to in the attestations.

Meat products

The relevant certificate is as follows:

• Certain meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines (MP-PROD) ()

Meat products from that containment zone that have not undergone the required specific treatment are permitted provided that the fresh meat originates from a territory eligible to import into Great Britain. In relation to FMD as stated above fresh meat from that containment zone is permitted.

Please note that this guidance is only intended for FMD and you will need to check the import requirements in relation to the other diseases referred to in the attestations.

Rendered animal fats and greaves

The relevant certificates are as follows:

• Rendered animal fats and greaves intended for human consumption (RFG) ()

Rendered animal fats and greaves from that containment zone are permitted provided that the product originates from a territory eligible to import into Great Britain. In relation to FMD as stated above fresh meat from that containment zone is permitted.

Please note that this guidance is only intended for FMD and you will need to check the import requirements in relation to the other diseases referred to in the attestations.

Dairy

Dairy products from that Containment Zone must meet the FMD risk mitigating treatment for 12 months after the restrictions are lifted.听 These products must meet the requirements of the following health certificate:

• dairy products for human consumption from third countries or parts thereof authorised in column C of Annex I (Regulation 605/2010) (Milk-HTC) ().

If the product falls in the low risk category under BTOM

Animal casings

Following the lifting of restrictions, exports of animal casings from that containment zone can resume provided all the relevant conditions are met.

The relevant certificate is as follows:

• Animal casings (CAS) ()

Regarding the following attestation AH/P716 Product requirements 鈥� In relation to foot and mouth disease, certifying official veterinarians can use the first option which confirms that the animal casings come from territory/zone with code 鈥�.. which is eligible for imports of fresh meat of the species.听 If the territory/zone is affected by other diseases e.g. African Swine Fever which affect imports of fresh meat, the product will have to be subjected to one of the risk-mitigating treatments and the relevant attestation will need to be certified accordingly.

Animal by-products (not for human consumption)

ABP previously suspended by third country list requirements

Export of the following commodities from that containment zone can resume provided that all other import conditions are met and all attestations in the relevant export health certificate can be certified:

• animal by-products for the manufacture of pet food (GBHC565)
• animal by-products for use outside the feed chain (GBHC580)
• blood products that could be used as feed material (GBHC500)
• flavouring innards for use in the manufacture of pet food (GBHC564)
• raw petfood for direct sale (GBHC562)

ABP previously restricted under safeguard declaration

The following commodities, which were previously restricted under safeguard measures, can now be exported from that containment zone without restrictions, provided that all other import conditions are met and all attestations in the relevant export health certificate can be certified (low risk commodities do not require health certification but must still meet all requirements within the relevant health certificate):

• bones and bone products, horns and horn products and hooves and hoof products intended for use other than as feed material organic fertilisers or soil improvers
• dog chews (GBHC563)
• fat derivatives (GBHC512 and GBHC513)
• pig bristles (treated and untreated) (GBHC571 and GBHC570)
• processed petfood
• processed manure (GBHC550)
• rendered fat for use outside the feed chain (GBHC511)
• treated game trophies or other preparations (GBHC544)
• treated hides and skins (GBHC541 and GBHC542)
• wool and hair

ABP commodities that cannot be exported from the area previously covered by the CZ

Export of the following commodities from that containment zone cannot resume because specific attestations about freedom from FMD cannot currently be certified:

• colostrum and colostrum products from bovine (GBHC587)
• fresh or chilled hides and skins of ungulates (GBHC540)
• milk, milk-based products and milk-derived products (GBHC583)
• untreated blood products, excluding those of Equidae, for the manufacture of derived products for purposes outside the feed chain for farmed animals (GBHC502)
• untreated game trophies or other preparations (GBHC543) 鈥� of cloven hoofed animals (including wild swine) only

Supporting documentation for animal by-products (ABP)

Prior to the lifting of restrictions, exports of certain types of ABP required supporting documentation about processing method or origin of material.听 After the lifting of restrictions, only the following low risk commodities will require supporting documentation to provide assurance that the products originate from animals outside of the containment zone in Germany:

• milk and milk-products that are not for use in animal feed
• colostrum and colostrum products from bovines that are not for use in animal feed

Supporting documentation will no longer be required for other types of commodities.

Type of supporting documentation 鈥� origin of material

• commercial document or statement signed by a person with knowledge of and responsibility for the relevant parts of the production process on company letter headed paper, that declares the product does not contain ABP originating from animals inside FMD containment/restricted zone.

Submitting the documents

The documents must be uploaded and attached to the CHED import notification the trader creates in IPAFFS, in the 鈥楢dditional Documentation鈥� section before they submit it unless the goods are already detained at the BCP.

Hay and straw

Imports of hay and straw from that containment zone will be permitted from the opening date when the restrictions are lifted.