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Procedure Name

Importation of Animals, Animal Products and by-products

Description

Category	Permit
Responsible Agency	Department of Animal Production and Health Address: 13 Colombo - Kandy Rd, Kandy 20400 Phone: 0812 388 195
Legal base of the Procedure	Animal Diseases Act No. 59 of 1992
Processing time	Within 3-7 days

Required Documents for Live Animal

No.	Type	Note
1	Application Form
2	Specimen Health certificate .	should be obtained from the responsible state authority of the exporting country
4	International Veterinary Health Certificate
5.	Profoma Invoice
6.	Pedigree Records	For livestock animal
7	CITES certificate	If Applicable

Required Documents for Live Animal By- Products

Leather

No.	Type	Note
1	Application Form
2	Specimen Health certificate .	should be obtained from the responsible state authority of the exporting country
3	International Veterinary Health Certificate issued by the Government authority
4.	Country of Origin
5.	3x3' Leather Samples 2 numbers.	Packed in Polythine
6	Processing Methods

Hair/Skin/Bristle

No.	Type	Note
1	Application Form
2	Specimen Health certificate .	should be obtained from the responsible state authority of the exporting country
3	International Veterinary Health Certificate issued by the Government authority
4.	Profoma Invoice

Process Steps

No.
Step 1	Importers must send a request to Director General of Department of Animal Product and Health specifying the type of import and the country of origin to obtain the updated Health requirements and based on that a specimen Health certificate should be obtained from the responsible state authority of the exporting country.(If applicable)
Step 2	Duly filled application forms with relevant Documents should be submitted to the Director General of Department of Animal Product and Health
Step 3	Risk assessment will be carried out on intended imports
Step 4	Issuance of a Permission letter address to Import Controler giving permission to import

Category

Import

The following form/s are used in this procedure

Title	Description	Created Date	Updated Date
Application for Approval to Meat, Meat products	Application for Approval to Meat, Meat products	30-03-2018	30-03-2018
Application for approval to import Gelatin & edible offal	Application for approval to import Gelatin & edible offal	30-03-2018	30-03-2018
Application for permit to import domestic and Wold animals (other than Poultry, caged,aviary birds)	Application for permit to import domestic and Wold animals (other than Poultry, caged,aviary birds)	30-03-2018	30-03-2018

This procedure applies to the following measures

Name	Measure Type	Agency	Description	Comments	Legal Document	Validity To	Measure Class
Importation of Live animal, animal Products and By-products	Permit Requirement		This is a measure to Import Live animal, animal Products and By-products	Prior to sending the application importers must send a request to DG/DAPH specifying the type of import and the country of origin to obtain the updated Health requirements and based on that a specimen Health certificate should be obtained from the responsible state authority of the exporting country.	Animal Diseases Act No. 59 of 1992	31-12-9999	Good