High-risk food not of animal origin model health certificates: version history
Updated 9 December 2024
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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Competent authorities in EU and non-EU countries 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.
GBHC171E Sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts from the EU
Version 1.0
- certificate published December 2020 - accepted until 1 November 2022
- merged with GBHC171X in May 2022
GBHC171X Sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts from non-EU countries
Version 3.0
Published May 2022:
- certificate reference number changed from “GBHC171X” to “GBHC171”
- I.3: field removed
- I.4: field removed
- I.6: field removed
- I.8: added “Region of origin” field
- I.11: field retitled “Place of origin of seeds and/or sprouts”
- I.11: removed “Approval number” from field
- I.12: field removed
- I.14: removed “Time of departure” from field
- I.15: added “Documentation references” to field
- I.16: field removed
- I.17: field removed
- I.18: field updated to “Description of commodity”
- I.19: field updated to “Commodity code (HS code)”
- I.20: field updated to “Quantity (Kgs)”
- I.21: field updated to “Temperature of product”
- I.22: field updated to “Number of packages”
- I.23: field updated to “Seal / Container No.”
- I.24: field updated to “Type of packaging”
- I.25: field updated to “Identification of the commodities”
- I.26: field placeholder added, but not in use
- I.27: field placeholder added, but not in use
- I.28: added “Identification of the commodities” field; “Species”, “Cold store” and “Type of packaging” removed from table; “Nature of commodity” added to table.
- II.1.1(1): “(1)” removed from after clause number; “condition” updated to “conditions”; “provision” updated to “provisions”
- II.1.2(1): “(1)” removed from after clause number; removed “of 11 March 2013 on the approval of establishments production sprouts pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council”
- II.1.3(1): “(1)” removed from after clause number; removed “of 11 March 2013 on traceability requirements for sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts”; removed “of 15 November 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs”
- Notes: removed list of countries subject to transitional import arrangements
- Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation expanded, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
- Notes to Part I: all guidance notes revised
- certificate reference number added to all pages
- certificate version number added to all pages
- full certificate reformatted into accessible template
Version 1.0
- certificate published December 2020 - accepted until 1 November 2022
GBHC176 Certain food or feed
Version 3.2
Published: January 2023
- II.1.1: in first paragraph, corrected 852/3004 to 852/2004
Version 3.1
Published September 2022 - accepted until 1 August 2023
- I.25: details added: Species (Scientific name), Final consumer, Number of packages, Net weight, Batch number, Type of packaging
Version 3.0
Published May 2022 - accepted until 1 June 2023:
- I.25: table and “Final consumer” checkbox removed
- II.1.1: footnote (t) corrected to (1)
- II.1.2: missing closing bracket added after “2019/1793”
- Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation added, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
- legislation titles shortened throughout
- full certificate reformatted into accessible template
Version 1.0
- certificate published May 2021 - accepted until 1 November 2022
GBHC177 Polyamide and melamine plastic kitchenware from China
Version 1.0
- certificate published May 2021
GBHC208X Food and feed originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station
Version 3.0
Published: May 2022:
- certificate reference number changed from “GBHC208X” to “GBHC208”
- I.25: table and “Final consumer” checkbox removed
- Notes: guidance note on retained EU legislation added, beginning “References to European Union legislation…”
- Notes: guidance note on references to Great Britain added, beginning “References to Great Britain…”
- Notes: removed “(original cert says Annex lV (4) to retained Regulation (EU) 2020/1158” from note beginning “See instructions for…”
- Notes to box reference I.20: removed “as specified in the relevant European Union official certificate.”
- Notes to box reference I.22: removed “in the European Union”
- legislation titles shortened throughout
- full certificate reformatted into accessible template
Version 1.0
- certificate published August 2021 - accepted until 1 November 2022
GBHC212X Chinese rice GMO
Version 1.0
- certificate published February 2022
GBHC214 Pre-export check (Retained Regulation 2015/949)
Version 1.0
- certificate published May 2022