ASHFORD PORT HEALTH ARE APPROVED FOR CERTIFYING EXPORT HEALTH CERTIFICATES
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Should you require further information regarding IUU Consignments, Export Heath Certificates, POAO, please email porthealth@ashford.gov.uk
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About Us
Welcome to the Ashford Port Health Website
Ashford Borough Council provide's a Port Health Service at the Sevington Inland Border Facility (IBF), We were designated in April, 2024. and are one of the biggest facilities in the UK.
As a result of EU Transition, the council became responsible for checks on imports of products of animal origin (POAO), high-risk food not of animal origin (HRFNAO) and animal by-products (animal products not for human consumption) imported from the EU that transit into the UK via Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover.
The site operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year alongside J10A of the M20.
Around 140 staff are likely to be directly employed/engaged by the council.
Sanitary and Phytosanitary controls (SPS) on EU goods were fully implemented on 30th April 2024. Charges for inspections also commenced on this day. Controlled goods entering Great Britain through the Short Straits (Port of Dover and Eurotunnel) now need to attend the Inland Border Control Facility at Sevington for inspection if selected by IPAFFS
, IUU (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) clearance commenced on 7 June 2021.
