Animal medicines seizure notice: Border Force, East Midlands Airport

Published By GOV.UK [English], Tue, Nov 17, 2020 9:31 AM


The following veterinary medicines were identified by a courier company based at East Midlands Airport. The products were then detained and subsequently seized from Border Force.

This parcel was addressed to a residential premises in the UK and contained:

30 x AbGard, Omeprazole Oral Paste 37%w/w

10 sachets of AbPrazole Plus x

These products are intended for use in horses and are not authorised veterinary medicines in the UK.

The medicines were seized under Regulation 25 (Importation of unauthorised veterinary medicinal products) of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.

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