High risk foods
Common Entry Documents (CEDs) for consignments subject to
additional control measures (as listed below) arriving at Tilbury,
Thamesport and Sheerness can now be entered using PHILIS On-Line.
Agents should go to the
PHILIS website to login or register. After
entering details, LPHA will receive a notification advising staff
that a CED has been created fro a consignment. You will still have
to print a hard copy of the CED (double sided), sign and send to
the appropriate office with any supporting documents. Please
remember that it is still a requirement that consignments are
pre-notified one working day prior to arrival.
If you have any issues completing the CED on-line, please
contact either the Tilbury or Thamesport Office,
click here for contact details.
Agents will still be able to complete the CED manually.
Download the CED with guidance
notes(168kb)*
The foods subject to increased control are listed in
Annex 1 of Commission Regulation
669/2009 and are likely to be reviewed on a regular
basis to ensure only known or emerging risks are controlled.
This was last reviewed in October 2010 and
Commission Regulation 878/2010 amended
the list of food and feed subject to controls and the frequency
of physical checks set out in Annex 1. Further information and
guidance can be found on the
Food Standards Agency website.
Aflatoxins
Existing controls for certain foodstuffs due to the risk of
aflatoxin contamination covered by
Commission Decision 2006/5004/EC have been
replaced by new measures contained in
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1152/2009
which take effect from 1 January 2010. All consignments of
foodstuffs covered by Article 1 of Regulation 1152/2009 can only
imported in accordance with the procedures laid down in the
Regulation.
As above, prior notification of arrival must be made one working
day before physical arrival using Part 1 of the CED, Consignments
must be accompanied with a health certificate as set out in Annex
1and this should submitted with the CED to the relevant dock
office.
*These forms are Excel spreadsheets and can only be viewed with
an Excel-compatible spreadsheet program. The CED should be printed
double side with Part 1 and Part 2, after completion of Part 1, the
original CED along with supporting documents should be delivered to
the appropriate dock office.
Importers of "high risk" food should be aware that these
controls will incur an additional charges and these will initially
be set by each port health authority. However there is an desire
for a standardise national charge to be set. LPHA will be
publishing its charges in January 2010 and a copy will be posted on
the
charges page.
Download letter explaining the
changes (68kb)
Further advice and information relating to the
importation of high risk products and aflatoxins can
be found on the
FSA website. You may also
contact the port health office responsible for the port through
which you intend to import the foodstuff.
Extra controls exist for High Risk Products from specified
countries to reduce known human or animal health risks and these
may include additional documentary checks and testing. A list of
products subject to restrictions can be viewed on the
FSA website.