
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) have recently launched an Imports Intelligence Hub (IIH). The purpose of the IIH is to provide useful, assessed, and reliable information accessible to all, on a range of border data and intelligence connected with the import of high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) and products of animal origin (POAO).
Within the IIH stakeholders can view:
- A summary of the sampling results of imported products of animal origin (POAO) undertaken at UK Border Inspection Posts (BCPs), under the UK’s National Monitoring Plan (NMP).
- The imports Early Warning System (EWS) notifications. These are usually published at the end of each month listing specific commodity/country/hazard combinations that have been identified during the previous month as “emerging” risks.
- Data from surveillance monitoring of imported food and feed of non-animal origin undertaken by our Port Health Authorities (PHAs) and recorded on IPAFFS.
- Data relating to the controls applied to products of animal origin imported into the United Kingdom via approved designated ports (BCPs).
The Imports Intelligence Hub can be accessed here