International trade: Imports - Border Inspection Posts (BIPs)
The tables below list the Border Inspection Posts (BIPs) which are approved to carry out veterinary checks on imports of live animals and products of animal origin from third countries.
A list of Divisional Veterinary Managers (DVMs) responsible for BIPs is also available.
UK BIPs for products of animal origin
| BIP | Approved for carrying out checks on: |
|---|---|
| Belfast Airport | Packaged animal products for human
consumption. Packaged animal products not intended for human consumption. |
| Belfast Port | Frozen animal products for human
consumption. Frozen animal products not intended for human consumption. |
| Bristol Port | Animal products for human consumption
at frozen and ambient temperatures only. Animal products not intended for human consumption which are imported under ambient temperatures. |
| East Midlands | All animal products for human
consumption. |
| Falmouth | All products for human consumption. |
| Felixstowe | All animal products for human consumption. Animal products not intended for human consumption at frozen and ambient temperatures only. |
| Gatwick Airport | Packaged animal products for human
consumption. Packaged animal products not intended for human consumption. |
| Glasgow Airport | Suspended |
| Grimsby-Immingham | Frozen animal products for human comsumption. |
| Grove Wharf Whartons | Animal products not intended for human consumption which are imported under ambient temperatures only. |
| Heathrow | Packaged animal products for human
consumption. Packaged animal products not intended for human consumption. |
| Hull | All animal products for human consumption. Animal products not intended for human consumption at ambient temperatures. |
| Invergordon | Processed animal proteins only. |
| Liverpool | Frozen and ambient packaged animal
products for human consumption. Ambient animal products not intended for human consumption. |
| Manchester Airport | Packaged animal products for human
consumption. Packaged animal products not intended for human consumption. |
| Manston | Packaged animal products
for human consumption. Packaged animal products not intended for human consumption. |
| Peterhead | Frozen packaged fishery products only. |
| Southampton | All animal products for human consumption. All animal products not intended for human consumption. |
| Stansted Airport | Packaged animal products for human
consumption imported at ambient temperatures. Packaged animals products not intended for human consumption imported at ambient temperatures. |
| Thamesport | All animal products for human consumption. All animal products not intended for human consumption. |
| Tilbury | All animal products for human consumption. Animal products not intended for human consumption at frozen and ambient temperatures only. |
UK BIPs for live animals
| Border Inspection Post | Live Animals | Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Type | Ungulates (1) | Registered Equidae (2) | Other Animals | |
| Gatwick | Airport |
- | - | Yes | - |
| Heathrow | Airport |
Yes | Yes | Yes | - |
| Luton | Airport |
Yes | Yes | - | (3) |
| Manchester | Airport |
- | - | Yes | Cats, dogs, lagomorphs, live fish, reptiles |
| Stansted | Airport |
Yes | Yes | ||
| Prestwick | Airport |
Yes | Yes | ||
(1) Ungulates include cattle, swine, sheep and goats, deer, alpaca, llama and other wild and domestic cloven hoofed animals and solipeds.
(2) As defined in Directive 90/426/EEC on health conditions governing the movement of equidae and their import from third countries.
(3) Not a Border Inspection Post for any species of animals specified in the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974, as amended by the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals (Amendment) Order 1994.
Page last modified:
18 April, 2008