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Guidance: Foodstuffs with current European Union (EU) restrictions

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The following guidance applies only to movements to NI that fall outside of the NI Retail Movement Scheme.

Controls exist on certain foodstuffs from certain countries to protect public health. These may either specify conditions of import or suspend imports depending on the risk.

Consignments of controlled products can only be imported through designated Border Control Points. On presentation, documentary checks must be carried out in addition to sampling and analysis or examination. This increase in official controls take place prior to a consignment being cleared for import. Specific products are currently under harmonised controls in the EU that control their importation from specific non-EU countries. 

Specific controls can be found below split by country. This list will be updated regularly.

  • Certain mushrooms and fruit of the genus Vaccinium.

    • Caesium-137 following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station.

  • Groundnuts (peanuts) in shell (1202 41 00)
  • Groundnuts (peanuts) shelled (1202 42 00)
  • Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved (2008 11 91, 2008 11 96, 2008 11 98) 
  • Groundnut flours and meals (ex 1208 90 00 20) 
  • Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of groundnut oil (2305 00 00) 
  • Groundnuts paste (ex 2007 10 10 80; ex 2007 10 99 50; ex 2007 99 39 07, ex 2007 99 39 08)
  • Hazelnuts (Corylus sp.) in shell (0802 21 00)
  • Hazelnuts (Corylus sp.) shelled (0802 22 00)
  • Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits containing hazelnuts (ex 0813 50 39 70, ex 0813 50 91 70, ex 0813 50 99 70)
  • Hazelnut paste (ex 2007 10 10 70, ex 2007 10 99 40, ex 2007 99 39 05;06, ex 2007 99 50 33, ex 2007 99 97 23)

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