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IPAFFS · Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed
Products of animal origin, animal by-products and high-risk feed must be pre-notified through IPAFFS before they arrive in Great Britain. Bounty Freight creates the notifications and the matching customs declarations for you.
The basics
IPAFFS is the Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System. It is where pre-notifications are created for consignments of products of animal origin (POAO), animal by-products and high-risk food and feed not of animal origin, before they arrive in Great Britain from the EU and the rest of the world.
Meat, dairy, fish, eggs, honey, animal by-products and certain high-risk feed and food products all need an IPAFFS notification. If your container or trailer contains any of these, the notification must be in place before arrival.
For imports from the EU, IPAFFS pre-notifications must be created at least four hours before arrival. For imports from the rest of the world the notification is needed while the goods are in transit. A late or missing notification can leave the consignment waiting at the border control post.
Based on the risk category, the consignment may be routed for documentary or physical checks at a border control post. The health certificate and the commercial documents must match the notification exactly, or the goods can be held or even re-exported.
Our IPAFFS service
Send us the health certificate and commercial paperwork and we create the IPAFFS notification correctly and on time, at least four hours before arrival for EU loads.
We lodge the customs import declaration through CDS at the same time, so customs release and sanitary checks line up and the goods move as soon as they are allowed to.
Not sure whether your goods need an IPAFFS notification or which health certificate applies? Our team gives free, impartial advice based on years of handling food and POAO consignments.
Send us the paperwork or call 01304 805249 for a free quote. We are registered for IPAFFS and handle pre-notifications every day, with out-of-hours cover when loads arrive late.
