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Other meat model health certificates: version history

Updated 16 January 2025

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Competent authorities must provide a health certificate to exporters of animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Competent authorities should use the updates below to make changes to health certificates for exporters to ensure they are in line with the current version of the model health certificates.

GBHC370 CAS Casings

Version 2.0

Published January 2025:

  • AH/P202: This is a new attestation.Ā 
  • AH/P607: ā€œ(for casings derived from animals other that bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine animals)ā€has been added to the title and ā€œand have undergone all precautions to avoid recontamination after treatment;ā€ has been removed and turned into a separate attestation AH/P903.Ā 
  • AH/P716: This is a new attestation.Ā 
  • AH/P903: This is attestation is an existing statement from AH/P607.Ā 
  • ā€˜retainedā€™ has been changed to ā€˜assimilatedā€™ throughout the certificate.Ā 
  • Part III footnote I.28: added ā€˜or AH/P716ā€™.

Version 1.1

Published August 2023 - accepted until 16 April 2025

  • In Part I of Notes for Completion,- box reference I.28: ā€œAH/P030ā€ corrected to ā€œAH/P607ā€

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC084E and GBHC084X

GBHC371 CAS-T/S Casings transit or storage

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • In Part I of Notes for Completion, box reference I.28: ā€œAH/P030ā€ corrected to ā€œAH/P607ā€

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC085E and GBHC085X

GBHC372 FM-T/S Fresh meat transit or storage

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC156E and GBHC156X

GBHC373 RUF Fresh Meat (excl offal/minced) of farmed non-domestic ruminantsĀ 

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC118E and GBHC118X

GBHC374 RUW Fresh Meat (excl offal/minced) of wild ruminants

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC119E and GBHC119X

GBHC375 EQU Fresh Meat (excl minced) of domestic solipeds

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC117E and GBHC117X

GBHC376 EQW Fresh Meat (excl offal or minced) of wild solipeds

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC122E and GBHC122X

GBHC377 SUF Fresh Meat (excl offal/minced) of farmed non-domestic animalsĀ Ā 

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC120E and GBHC120X

GBHC378 SUW Fresh Meat (excl offal/minced) of wild suidae

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC121E and GBHC121X

GBHC379 WL Meat of wild leporidae

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC153E and GBHC153X

GBHC380 RM Meat of farmed rabbits

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC155E and GBHC155X

GBHC381 WM Meat of wild land mammals

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC154E and GBHC154X

GBHC382 WL/RM/WMā€“T Meat of wild leporidae/ farmed rabbit/wild land mammal transitĀ 

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC057E and GBHC057X

GBHC383 WGM Wild game bird meatĀ Ā 

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC087E and GBHC087X

GBHC384 REP Reptile meat

Version 1.1

Published August 2023:

  • Boxes II.a and II.b deleted from Notes for Completion header

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 ā€“ accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC150E and GBHC150X

GBHC072 NZ-TRANSIT-SG New Zealand fresh meat transit through Singapore

Version 3.0

Published May 2022:

  • I.16: removed ā€œin Great Britain, Channel Islands and Isle of Manā€

  • I.27: removed ā€œChannel Islands and Isle of Manā€

  • II.1.3: typographical error (ā€œāƇā€) removed

  • II.2.4: line break added before ā€œthe reefer containerā€¦ā€

  • Notes: removed list of countries subject to transitional import arrangements

  • Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning ā€œReferences to European Union legislationā€¦ā€

  • certificate reference number added to all pages

  • certificate version number added to all pages

  • full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.0

  • published November 2020 - accepted until 1 November 2022

GBHC165 Meat of domestic swine from Canada

Version 3.0

Published May 2022:

  • Note (h): guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning ā€œReferences to European Union legislationā€¦ā€

  • certificate reference number added to all pages

  • certificate version number added to all pages

  • full certificate reformatted into accessible template

Version 1.0

  • published November 2020 - accepted until 1 November 2022

GBHC179 4.A. Fresh Meat from New ZealandĀ Ā 

Version 1.0

  • published June 2021

GBHC180 4.C. Farmed Game Meat excl. feathered from New ZealandĀ Ā 

Version 1.0

  • published June 2021

GBHC181 4.D. Wild Game Meat from New ZealandĀ Ā 

Version 1.0

  • published June 2021

GBHC188 7.A.ā€ÆAnimal Casings from New ZealandĀ Ā 

Version 1.0

  • published June 2021
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