About FYI and guidance documents
For your information (FYI) documents provide guidance on specific issues related to the export of animal products (such as meat, seafood, honey, and dairy), food products, plant products, and wine. They should be read in conjunction with the OMAR or ICPR (Importing Countries Phytosanitary Requirement) for the related destination market(s).
Some guidance documents provide guidance on generic processes that apply across multiple destination markets. These do not have reference numbers and are listed below on this page.
Some FYIs and Guidance documents are password protected because they contain commercially sensitive information. If you are involved in exporting animal products, you can apply for access by completing this online application form:
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FYIs are cancelled when they are superseded by another FYI or no longer apply.
List of current guidance documents
Guidance Document: Country listing applications [PDF, 280 KB]
List of current FYIs
F17/24 United Arab Emirates Paperless Certification
F16/24 European Union (EU) Electronic Animal Product Certification Update
F15/24 Korea: Categories of dairy products for export
F14/24 Access to OMAR documents is changing [PDF, 377 KB]
F13/24 Registration of Establishments Exporting Plant-based TCM Products to China [PDF, 196 KB]
F10/24 Changes to Great Britain border clearance requirements: Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) [PDF, 156 KB]
F09/24 Viet Nam Product Registration [PDF, 200 KB]
F07/24 Indonesia – Halal Product Registration and Labelling
F04/24 Japan JP200 poultry product disease attestation
F03/24 Indonesia Import Permit Issues
F01/24 China consolidation of meat product at integrated cold stores
F47/23 China Health Food [PDF, 191 KB]
F46/23 Malaysia: Halal certification
F37/23 China market access for deer velvet and antler
F36/23 China Registration of Food Establishments [PDF, 386 KB]
F33/23 China Listing for Hides and Skins (cattle, sheep, goat and deer) Establishments
F30/23 Malaysia: Food labelling
F29/23 Update on Kuwaiti Ministerial Resolution regarding the Regulations of Imported Foods
F28/23 Kuwaiti Ministerial Resolution regarding the Regulations of Imported Foods
F27/23 China Listing for Greasy Wool Establishments
F23/23 Secondary processors of raw animal product intended for manufacture into petfood in Thailand
F22/23 China Registration of Food Establishments Update [PDF, 178 KB]
F13/23 Saudi Arabia Approved Halal Organisations
F52/22 India’s proposed restriction on ports of entry for high risk food products [PDF, 138 KB]
F48/22 Guidance on signing limits for exports to South Africa
F39/22 Halal Certification of New Zealand Food Products to Türkiye [PDF, 153 KB]
F36/22 China: modification and renewal of animal products establishment registrations
F33/22 India’s new vegan labelling requirements [PDF, 163 KB]
F30/22 Update to Brazil’s product registrations
F27/22 Halal Certification of New Zealand Food Products to Egypt [PDF, 142 KB]
F22/22 Thailand GMP requirements for food products [PDF, 164 KB]
F09/22 Guidance for Cross-border E-commerce Trade to China [PDF, 188 KB]
F07/22 Halal Export Meat Processing under COVID-19 conditions
F06/22 Bahrain change in shelf life restrictions for chilled beef
F04/22 Saudi Arabia palletisation requirement [PDF, 134 KB]
F01/22 New label requirements for solid beverage products exported to China [PDF, 176 KB]
F50/21 Malaysia: Halal Certification and Labelling of Dairy, Seafood and Bee Products [PDF, 174 KB]
F29/21 Proposed new label requirements for solid beverage products exported to China [PDF, 192 KB]
F25/21 Non-Containerised (Cargo Hold) Sea Freight Exports [PDF, 150 KB]
F23/21 Indonesia Electronic Certification Trial Update
F18/21 Proposed requirements for export of plant-based pet food to China [PDF, 174 KB]
F11/21 Malaysia Labelling of Ruminant Meat and Meat Products
F64/20 Seafreight - MPI Container Seal Use for Specified Products
F26/20 Japan JP600 Certificate for Milk and Milk Products
F03/19 Wood Packaging used for Export [PDF, 151 KB]
F17/18 Safe Food for Canadians Act and Regulations? Information and Guidance [PDF, 474 KB]
F31/17 Eurasian Economic Union: Certificate Data
F48/16 Guyana- Milk Powder Exports [PDF, 92 KB]
F41/16 USA Food Safety Modernisation Act Rules: Information and Guidance [PDF, 235 KB]
F39/15 Customs Union: EurAsian Conformity Mark (EAC)
F30/13 Customs Union: Contaminants
F12/11 Declaration of Imported Components [PDF, 22 KB]
F07/11 Radionuclide Requirements - Dairy Material and Dairy Product imported from the United States of America [PDF, 22 KB]
FD2/07 Copra as a Feed for Milking Animals
F03/03 Label Claims [PDF, 114 KB]