The operator's report on the foodstuffs of animal origin received from the European Single Market
The intra-EU trade operator is obliged to submit a report to authorities on certain foodstuffs of animal origin received from the European Single Market. Regulation of the Finnish Food Authority on the duty to notify the foods of animal origin imported from the European Union to Finland came into effect in November 1st 2021. The foodstuffs should be reported starting from November 1st through an online service or by a form. Report can be done in periods of three months. Details of the foodstuffs to be reported can be found from the appendix of the regulation. Instructions for reporting can be found at the forms (e-form and normal form).
Instructions on requirements for special salmonella guarantees
A new instruction "Requirements for special salmonella guarantees in the import of foodstuffs of animal origin for internal trade" has been published. The instruction can be found here:
Do not bring African swine fever to Finland
Please be aware that the intra-EU trade of pig meat, boar meat and meat products, raw meat products and other products containing meat of these animal species is restricted due to African swine fever (ASF) from certain areas of Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Germany, Czech Republik, and Croatia.
- More information about African swine fever from Finnish Food Authority´s webpages
- More information in finnish about African swine fever in the webpages of Mininstry of Agriculture and Forestry (in Finnish)
- More information about African swine fever in the webpages of EU commission
The impact of Brexit to imports
The UK's resignation from the EU will take place on January 31, 2020. However, this does not affect the movement of animal products from the UK to the EU during the transitional period until the end of 2020.
More information about importing foodstuffs from UK
More information about Brexit, ministry of forestry and agriculture
Required salmonella documents when importing foodstuffs of animal origin from EU internal market to Finland
If you import foods of animal origin from other EU-countries to Finland, ensure before
buying the goods that the supplier is able to deliver the required salmonella documents according to Commission regulation 1688/2005: a commercial document and laboratory´s salmonella test report.
Read more from our letter in English (pdf)
Internal market import of broiler meat and eggs from Denmark to Finland no longer requires salmoenlla documents
Danish broiler meat produced after 6 February 2017 may now be imported to Finland without trade documents (Annex IV) and salmonella certificates in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1688/2005. However, the consignments must always be accompanied by some trade document to ensure traceability.