The UK Government recently posted two guidances—one for the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, and another for non EU-countries—about risk categories and requirements for animals and animal products imported to Great Britain under the new Border Target Operating Model (BTOM).
BOTM introduces new food import controls, intended to prevent delays at the UK border by reducing the need for physical checks for many types of goods, and by ensuring that checks take place in a location other than ports to enable traffic to flow freely. The new model categorizes live animals, germinal products, products of animal origin (POAO), and animal byproducts (ABPs) as high-risk, medium-risk, or low-risk. Each category has different requirements.