Seafood exporters to Britain have been warned of a delay in implementing export health certification.
The British government has confirmed that implementation of export health certification for goods, including fish and fishery products, from the EU to Britain will be delayed until January 31st, 2024.
The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) says this means that “all of the proposed sanitary and phytosanitary controls changes for fish and fishery products consignments from Ireland to Britain, including export health certification and pre-notification requirements” will not go ahead on the scheduled date of October 31st, 2023.
“They are now scheduled to be implemented from January 31st, 2024 instead”, the SFPA says.
It says the British government has also published an updated version of their “Border Target Operating Model” which contains their plans for a new approach to importing goods that will “be progressively introduced from the end of January 2024”.
“The SFPA will continue to communicate further updates as and when required in this ever-evolving third country regulatory environment,”it says.
It says queries may be emailed to [email protected]
