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Ovine meat model health certificates: version history

Updated 31 July 2024

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.

GBHC320 OVI Ovine and caprine fresh meat or minced meat

Version 1.2

Published July 2024:

  • Part I Box I.28: ‘Approval number of cutting plant’ amended to ‘Approval number of cutting and/or Minced Meat Plant’. 
  • Attestation AH/T104B notes for completion: Removed ‘ovine and caprine’ and added ‘bovine’. 
  • Attestation AW/001: renamed to AW/001A. 
  • ()[meat] ()[minced meat] has been added to the opening paragraph of the public health section of Part II of the certificate 
  • Attestation PH/E100B: replaced by PH/E100A. 
  • Attestation PH/P100: renamed PH/P100C and had information on temperatures moved to the notes for completion. 
  • Attestation PH/I001: Has been replaced by PH/I001A which has deleted ‘section 2 and section 3 of’ and added ‘and Regulation (EU) No 2019/624’ to the notes for completion. 
  • Attestation PH/MK002: ()[carcass or parts of the carcass] ()[meat] (*)[minced meat has] has been replaced by ‘the products have’. 
  • Attestation PH/MB001B: ‘the ()[meat] ()[minced meat] has’ is replaced by ‘the products described in part I of this certificate’. 
  • Attestation PH/S101: renamed PH/S101A 
  • Attestation PH/D004 second D option has been changed to option B.  the notes for completion have been amended to reflect this change. 
  • Part III notes for completion Part I box reference I.28: Removed ‘cuts/pieces’ added ‘products and, for chilled minced meat indicate the use by date (dd/mm/yyyy).’ 
  • ‘Retained’ has been changed to ‘Assimilated’ throughout the certificate.

Version 1.1

Published August 2023 accepted until 31 January 2025:

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

Version 1.0

Published April 2023 – accepted until 29 April 2024

  • replaces GBHC071E and GBHC071X
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