Foot & mouth disease in East Asia
[30/04/2010]

Climate change in a climate of change
[02/03/2010]

ILDEX Vietnam 2010 - the solutions for Vietnam’s sustainable growth
[02/03/2010]

UK Sheep meat exports pass the £300 million mark in 2009
[02/03/2010]

Certification Updates
[27/02/2010]

Global Food prices up again according to FAO
[08/02/2010]

New logo selected for all EU organic products
[08/02/2010]

EBLEX beef and sheep roadmap to livestock emissions reductions
[08/02/2010]

Outlook Conference diary alert
[08/02/2010]

Record entries for National All Breeds Show promise a spectacle to dispel the February blues
[08/02/2010]

Make a date: British Cattle Conference 24-26 January 2011
[08/02/2010]

A very merry Christmas (and good year) for British pork sales, at home & abroad
[08/02/2010]

Paris in the Springtime
[07/02/2010]

Aberdeen-Angus semen heads for Estonia
[05/02/2010]

Lloyds TSB Agriculture continues sponsorship of Beef Expo in May
[05/02/2010]

British Blue, British Charolais and British Limousin beef semen exports to USA ...... and Denmark
[05/02/2010]

New JSR International Sales Director
[05/02/2010]

Dairy Burke Trophy moves to new National All Breeds Show
[04/02/2010]

New British semen storage and distribution unit opens
[04/02/2010]

JSR in the Ukraine
[08/12/2009]

Spring into Spring - EBLEX export marketing push
[08/12/2009]

New National All Breeds Show 2010
[08/12/2009]

Male sexed Limousin semen - another ‘world first’ for Crawford Brothers
[04/12/2009]

A Sustainable Breeding Future - British Cattle Conference 25-27 January, 2010
[03/12/2009]

Au revoir and bienvenue to Herefords as they head from England to France
[02/12/2009]

Cogent expansion: commitment and optimism for UK cattle genetics’ future
[01/12/2009]

New Genus ABS appointments in Europe and UK
[01/12/2009]

New British owned AI company launched
[01/12/2009]

British Blues join Semenstore.co.uk
[01/12/2009]

Mad for Madison
[23/09/2009]

New British Angus company launched in response
[23/09/2009]

IndAgra-Farm - UK’s livestock breeding sector are there for business!
[23/09/2009]

Where Asia’s feed, livestock and meat industry do business
[21/09/2009]

National Ploughing Championships 2009
[21/09/2009]

Limousin ‘Goldies Terence’ semen exported to Norway, Finland and Australia
[21/09/2009]

Positive signs for English pig sector
[21/09/2009]

Defra minister to open the Dairy Event and Livestock Show
[08/09/2009]

JSR continues global expansion
[02/09/2009]

World record price for a sheep
[31/08/2009]

Cows for Cambodia!
[28/08/2009]

Cutting edge agricultural research under microscope
[26/08/2009]

GB Bulls Open Day and NEW August DVD now available
[25/08/2009]

Portuguese Pig Producers Choose UK Breeding Stock
[25/08/2009]

Picston Shottle celebrates his tenth birthday
[25/08/2009]

Agriscot - the UK's No 1 Farm Business Event
[25/08/2009]

Strong British team at Expointer
[25/08/2009]

The Dairy Event and Livestock Show 2009
[13/08/2009]

A strong technical team helping the British pig industry
[13/08/2009]

BEEF EXPO 2010 is at Hexham
[12/08/2009]

AHDB appoints new EBLEX director
[12/08/2009]

Expointer And 100 Years of Devons in Brazil
[10/08/2009]

New export initiatives for livestock & meat sectors
[27/07/2009]

EBLEX and BPEX relocate to Stoneleigh
[27/07/2009]

News on latest meat sector economics publications & services
[23/07/2009]

Pig campaign wins major international awards
[29/05/2009]

Doors open for lamb exports to United Arab Emirates
[06/04/2009]

World Shorthorn Conference 2010 – A world of opportunity in the home of the breed
[23/03/2009]

Pig export news from ACMC
[23/03/2009]

UK’s Beef and Lamb exports up
[05/03/2009]

Breeding polled cattle made easier
[05/03/2009]

British pork exports hit £160million
[20/02/2009]

Genus expands business in China
[20/02/2009]

'Positive future' for dairy industry
[23/01/2009]

British Limousin Pedigree sales in 2008 exceed £5 million
[15/01/2009]

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Livestock, their genetics and their meat/meat products are represented by the largest grouping of Export Health Certification (EHCs) as available on CENTAUR, Defra/Animal Health's computer system that handles export certificates. The total number of these 'Third Country' certificates currently available is 2323.

This total excludes any withdrawn EHCs, those to EU Member States (including the FMD specific certificates made in the latter part of 2007), those to Norway and Switzerland (which operate in line with EU conditions) and also to the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.

Those EHCs available for Livestock, genetics and meat totalled 455, 19.6% of the overall total.

When split down these were:

Livestock (live sheep, pigs, goats, etc): 110 (4.7%)
Livestock genetics: 111 (4.8%)
Red meat/red meat products: 234 (10.1%)

Outside of livestock, livestock genetics and meat, EHCs are currently as follows:

Live poultry and poultry hatching eggs: 267 (11.5%) (some of these EHCs cover both day old chicks and hatching eggs, so there could be some duplication)
Cats and dogs (and non-livestock/non-equine genetics): 202 (8.7%)
Hides/skins/wool: 199 (8.6%)
Dairy products: 182 (7.8%) (occasionally some of these EHCs can cover meat and dairy products)
Horses and horse genetics: 139 (6%)
Other mammals: 134 (5.8%) (other than livestock, horses - eg rodents)
Pharmaceuticals: 128 (5.5%)
Poultry meat: 121 (5.2% of A) (occasionally these EHCs can cover red meat and poultry meat)
Others: 295 (12.7%) (eg zoo animals, fishing bait, reptiles, captive and pet birds, collagen, gelatin, lanolin, straw, game meat etc)

Henry Lewis, a Director of the British Livestock Genetics Consortium, said "Exports are vital to our sector in extending marketing options; they bring in outside funds to a hard-pressed industry as well as aiding competitiveness, sustainability and enabling our businesses to add critical mass. The livestock and meat sector is working closely with Defra to establish certification agreements to be able to trade in key markets globally."

Defra works closely with industry on export certification matters and meat through the Export Certification User Groups (ECUG) for the Livestock, genetics and meat sector and the Skins, hides and wool sector. For more, and updates, see www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/int-trde/noneu/ecug.htm

Up-to-date lists of relevant certificates are also to be found on www.britishlivestockgenetics.com where there is also a direct link to Defra's website.

Source: Defra