European Union: Equidae Blood Products - Chapter 4(A)
Chapter 4(A) Health Certificate for Equidae Blood Products Intended for Technical Purposes
Advisory regarding commercial documents e.g. company certificates of origin or analysis.
The EU has indicated that consignments of blood products will be rejected if accompanied by commercial documents containing more specific information than the below certificates. APHIS strongly recommends that exporters not include commercial documents (or other paper work) with the consignments that make any claims regarding the origin of the blood products or about other information addressed in these certificates. The pre-lined out versions below contain the most specific assurances APHIS can provide for these consignments.
Blood products (not including whole blood)
Untreated
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Heat-treated (65C for 3 hours)
- Dispatch to EU (164.13 KB) - July 2013
- Transit EU (82.05 KB) - July 2013
Heat-treated (80C)
- Dispatch to EU (164.2 KB) - July 2013
- Transit EU (82.13 KB) - July 2013
pH-treated
- Dispatch to EU (164.19 KB) - July 2013
- Transit EU (84.56 KB) - July 2013
Irradiated
- Dispatch to EU (164.21 KB) - July 2013
- Transit EU (84.54 KB) - July 2013
Blood (not including products such as serum, plasma, and other derivatives)
Untreated
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- Transit EU (84.43 KB) - July 2013
Heat-treated (65C for 3 hours)
- Dispatch to EU (164.12 KB) - July 2013
- Transit EU (82.05 KB) - July 2013
Heat-treated (80C)
- Dispatch to EU (164.16 KB) - July 2013
- Transit EU (82.07 KB) - July 2013
pH-treated
- Dispatch to EU (164.18 KB) - July 2013
- Transit EU (82.1 KB) - July 2013
Irradiated
- Dispatch to EU (164.15 KB) - July 2013
- Transit EU (82.05 KB) - July 2013
Other
The below versions should be utilized when combinations of blood products treated in different ways are shipped together (e.g. some products are processed using heat treatment, and others with irradiation).
To utilize these versions, the inappropriate text must be lined out prior to endorsement. The text must be lined-out consistent with the pertinent versions above.
- Dispatch to EU (158.56 KB) - June 2013
- Transit EU (72.8 KB) - July 2013