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Heathrow Border Inspection Post

Products of Animal Origin - A Summary of Classification

The following are classed as products of animal origin and are subject to veterinary import controls:

  • Animal casing
  • Apiculture products
  • Blood products for technical use
  • Bones and bone products
  • Bristles, wool, hair and feathers
  • Egg products
  • Fish products in hermetically sealed containers (stable at ambient temperature), fresh/frozen fish, dried/salted fishery products, bivalve molluscs
  • Fresh meat including offal, and products, of bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and equine species
  • Frogs legs and snails
  • Gelatin
  • Hay and straw
  • Hides and skins
  • Honey
  • Lard and rendered fats
  • Milk and milk products for human consumption
  • Milk and milk products not for human consumption
  • Pathogens
  • Poultry, rabbit, game (farmed or wild) - meat and products
  • Processed animal protein for human consumption
  • Processed animal protein not intended for human consumption
  • Processed petfood, raw material for the manufacture of pet food
  • Raw material, blood, blood products, glands & organs for pharmaceutical use
  • Semen, embryos, manure
  • Whole eggs, hatching eggs

For more detailed information about importing Animal Products, visit the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs web site - www.defra.gov.uk