By Brian O'Malley • Updated: 11 Oct 2022 • 7:29
Animal medicine seizure notice: Products shipped from Kenya stopped at Heathrow Airport. 1000 Words/Shutterstock.com
Details of a seizure notice served for a medicinal product imported along with an animal.
The following veterinary medicines were imported with an animal into Heathrow Airport.
They were identified by an Animal Health Officer and the products were subsequently seized by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate. The parcel contained:
These products were intended for use in a dog and are not authorised veterinary medicines in the UK and had not been prescribed by a UK vet for use in the animal.
The medicines were seized under Regulation 25 (Importation of unauthorised veterinary medicinal products) of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.
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