Schedule 2 Categories of goods posing a low risk exempted from routine checks at border control posts

The product must—

1. (a)

   be derived from animals born, continuously reared and slaughtered in permitted countries where the BSE risk is negligible or controlled; and

2. (b)

   come from a country which is listed either in the column headed “third countries’ lists” in the appropriate row of Table 1 in Chapter 1, section 1 of Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011, or as referred to in that column.

The product must—

1. (a)

   be derived from animals born, continuously reared and slaughtered in permitted countries where the BSE risk is negligible or controlled; and

2. (b)

   come from a country which is listed either in the column headed “third countries’ lists” in the appropriate row of Table 1 in section 1 of Chapter 1 of Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011, or as referred to in that column.

The product must come from a country listed—

1. (a)

   in the column headed “third countries’ lists” in the appropriate row of Table 1 in Chapter 1, section 1 of Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011; or

2. (b)

   under legislation or lists as referred to in that column.

The product must—

1. (a)

   be derived from animals born, continuously reared and slaughtered in permitted countries where the BSE risk is negligible or controlled; and

2. (b)

   come from a country which is listed either in the column headed “third countries’ lists” in the appropriate row of Table 1 in Chapter 1, section 1 of Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011, or as referred to in that column.

The product must—

1. (a)

   meet the specific import requirements which apply under Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011 to the category of animal by-product from which the highly processed product was derived;

2. (b)

   have undergone processing which ensures that it does not carry any risk of transmission of a disease communicable to humans or animals; and

3. (c)

   cannot be returned to its original structure or composition.

The product must—

1. (a)

   be derived from animals born, continuously reared and slaughtered in permitted countries where the BSE risk is negligible or controlled; and

2. (b)

   come from a country which—

   1. (i)

      is listed either in the column headed “third countries’ lists” in the appropriate row of Table 1 in Chapter 1, section 1 of Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011, or as referred to in that column; and

   2. (ii)

      is not South Africa, India or Uruguay.

The product must—

1. (a)

   have undergone processing which ensures that the product carries no risk of transmission of a disease communicable to humans or animals and cannot be returned to its original structure or composition;

2. (b)

   come from a third country listed as a member of the World Organisation for Animal Health^f1; and

3. (c)

   meet the requirements of Annex 12 to Regulation 142/2011, other than paragraph 3, insofar as it relates to the requirement for checking at a border control post; and paragraph 5.

The product—

1. (a)

   must meet the requirements specified in entry 2 of Table 2, in Section 1 of Chapter 2 of Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011; and

2. (b)

   must be derived from animals born, continuously reared and slaughtered in permitted countries where the BSE risk is negligible or controlled.

3. (c)

   must not be blood derived from —

   1. (i)

      bovine or ovine animals in South Africa;

   2. (ii)

      poultry in Canada or the USA;

   3. (iii)

      mixed species in Brazil, Israel, South Africa, Thailand or the USA; or

   4. (iv)

      aquatic species in Israel, South Africa, South Korea, Uruguay or the USA.

The animal by-product used as the stabiliser or carrier must meet the conditions specified in Note ^f3.

The product must—

1. (a)

   for treated milk and milk-based products, meet the requirements specified, in entry 4 of Table 1 in Section 1 of Chapter 1 of Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011; or

2. (b)

   for treated blood products—

   1. (i)

      in entry 2 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter 2 of Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011; or

   2. (ii)

      in entry 3 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter 2 of Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011 and have been treated in accordance with the requirements in point 2(b)(ii) of Chapter 4 of Annex 13 to Regulation 142/2011.

3. (c)

   come from a country listed for the relevant category of product in the column headed “Third countries’ lists”—

   1. (i)

      for treated milk and milk-based products, in entry 4 of Table 1 in Section 1 of Chapter 1 of Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011; and

   2. (ii)

      for treated blood products, in entry 2 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter 2 of Annex 14 to Regulation 142/2011.

Must come from a country—

1. (a)

   listed in the Annex to Decision 2011/163; and

2. (b)

   specified as approved for inclusion in a document published by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation 2019/626.

Low risk for chilled or fresh meat and meat products from New Zealand.

As regards New Zealand and any other permitted country which has a negligible or controlled BSE status: low risk if shelf stable at ambient temperature and sterilised.

Fresh meat and meat products must meet the relevant requirements of Regulation 853/2004.

Fresh meat and meat used to make meat products must meet the requirements for fresh meat in Regulation 206/2010 and come from a country listed in Annex 1 to Regulation 206/2010 and specified in a document published by the Secretary of State for the purposes of Article 3a of that Regulation.

Bovine meat products must—

1. (a)

   meet the requirements of, Decision 2007/777;

2. (b)

   come from a country or part of a country listed in Annex 2 to Decision 2007/777 and specified in a document published by the Secretary of State in accordance with the requirements of Article 3(a) and (b) (for imports) or 5(1)(a) (for goods in transit) of that Decision;

3. (c)

   meet the relevant requirements in Regulation 999/2001; and

4. (d)

   not include specified risk material.

Composite products, other than those containing bivalve molluscs,

echinoderms, tunicates or marine gastropods or their products.

Composite products (other than those otherwise exempted from official controls under Article 6 of Decision 2007/275, or by listing in accordance with Article 3(1)(b) of Decision 2007/275) must—

1. (a)

   so far as concerns any milk or dairy products they contain, come from a country listed by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 3 or 4 of Regulation 605/2010^f4;

2. (b)

   so far as concerns any bovine meat or meat products they contain, come from a country with negligible or controlled BSE status.

Low risk for Canada and New Zealand only.

Products must only contain milk which has been subject to pasteurisation or an equivalent or higher level of treatment (eg UHT processing).

Low risk for Canada and New Zealand if shelf-stable at ambient temperature.

Low risk for all permitted countries if shelf stable at ambient temperature and sterilised.

Goods in this category must—

1. (a)

   meet the requirements of Article 4 of Regulation 605/2010 and of Regulation 853/2004 and any assimilated direct legislation or regulations made under those Regulations; and

2. (b)

   come from a country specified in a document published by the Secretary of State in accordance with the requirements of Article 3 of Regulation 605/2010.

Goods in this category must

meet the requirements of Regulation 798/2008, Regulation 853/2004 and any assimilated direct minor legislation or regulations made under those Regulations.

Low risk for New Zealand, except for species of the families of Scombridae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Corfenidae, Pomatomidae or Scombresosidae (“histamine susceptible species”), except for fishery products from aquaculture.

Low risk, with the exception of histamine susceptible species, bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates or marine gastropods, for all permitted countries if shelf stable at ambient temperature and sterilised

Goods in this category must meet the applicable requirements of Regulations 852/2004, 853/2004 and 1251/2008.

Country of origin must be listed in Annex 2 of Regulation 2019/626.

Must meet the requirements for fishery products in Regulation 2019/628.

Low risk for bovine products from permitted countries where BSE risk is negligible or controlled.

Low risk for non-bovine products from all permitted countries.

Must meet the applicable requirements of Regulations 852/2004, 853/2004 and 2019/628.

For gelatine and collagen derived from bovine or ovine animals—

1. (a)

   must meet the requirements of Regulation 999/2001; and

2. (b)

   must not include specified risk material.

Must come from a country—

1. (a)

   listed in the Annex to Decision 2011/163; and

2. (b)

   specified as approved for inclusion in a document published by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation 2019/626.

Goods in this category must—

1. (a)

   be authorised by the Secretary of State to be imported into Great Britain from a third country listed in Annex 1 to Regulation 605/2010 and specified in a document in accordance with the requirement of Article 2 of that Regulation; and

2. (b)

   meet the other requirements of Regulation 605/2010, Regulation 853/2004 and any assimilated direct minor legislation or regulations made under those Regulations.

Low for fresh meat and meat products from Australia.

Low risk for all permitted countries if shelf stable at ambient temperature and sterilised.

Fresh meat or meat products in this category imported from Australia must meet the requirements applicable to fresh meat in Regulation 206/2010.

For meat products which are shelf stable at ambient temperature—

1. (a)

   must come from a country or part of a country listed in Annex 2 to Decisions 2007/777 and specified in a document published by the Secretary of State in accordance with the requirement of Article 3(a) and (b) (for imports) or 5(1)(a) (for goods in transit) of Decision 2007/777^f5;

2. (b)

   for ovine and caprine animals, must meet the requirements of Regulation 999/2001; and

3. (c)

   must not include specified risk material.

Low risk for all permitted countries if shelf stable at ambient temperature and sterilised.

Poultry meat products must not originate in China or Thailand.

Must—

1. (a)

   meet the applicable requirements of Regulations 853/2004, Regulation 798/2008 and Decision 2007/777, and of any applicable assimilated direct minor legislation or regulations made under Regulation 853/2004; and

2. (b)

   come from a country or territory listed in Annex 1 to Regulation 798/2008 and specified in a document published by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation 798/2008.

Must meet the requirements of Regulations 853/2004 and Decision 2007/777, and of any applicable assimilated direct minor legislation or regulations made under Regulation 853/2004.

Must—

1. (a)

   come from a country listed in Part 1 of Annex 1 to Regulation 119/2009 and specified in a document published by the Secretary of State for the purposes of Article 3 of Regulation 119/2009; and

2. (b)

   meet the relevant requirements of Regulation 119/2009.

Low risk for bovine products from permitted countries where the BSE risk is negligible or controlled.

Low risk for non-bovine products from all permitted countries.

Must—

1. (a)

   meet the requirements of Regulations 852/2004 and 853/2004 and of any applicable assimilated direct minor legislation or regulations made under those instruments; and

2. (b)

   for products derived from bovine, ovine or caprine animals, meet the relevant requirements in Regulation 999/2001 and not include specified risk material.

Must—

1. (a)

   meet the requirements of Regulation 853/2004 and any instruments made under that Regulation;

2. (b)

   for meat products, meet the requirements of Decision 2007/777;

3. (c)

   come from a country or part of a country listed in Annex 2 to Decision 2007/777; and

4. (d)

   come from a country or part of a country specified in a document published by the Secretary of State in accordance with the requirements of Articles 3(a) and (b) (for imports) or 5(1)(a) (for goods in transit) of Decision 2007/777.