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Port Health inspection charges are calculated annually on a cost recovery basis.
This means that the charges represent the cost of overheads plus third party costs, including staff office space and other equipment plus the cost of any materials needed.
For many products the cost of the sample varies depending on size and the nature of the analysis.
Samples that appear unsatisfactory will be subject to confirmatory testing to establish exact levels which will increase the cost.
The retained EU Regulations (Regulation (EU) 2017/625, known as OCR) as amended by “Official Control (Animal, Feed and Food, Plant Health) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1481)” set out the requirements for the application of fees and charges.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/625/contents
We continually monitor our activities to check that we are providing a good service to our stakeholders. We continue to develop new ways of working to streamline our service delivery by reviewing our working practices and adopting IT and mobile working solutions. It is anticipated that this will ensure that our operating costs, and hence charges, are kept to a minimum in the future.
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Charges for POAO imports are based on the gross weight of the product rounded up to the next full tonne.
There are two levels of charge, a standard charge which applies to the majority of imported products and one that applies to those from New Zealand, which is reduced to reflect the lower amount of work that we carry out in respect of these imports as a result of an Equivalence Agreement between the UK and New Zealand.
The charges are:
All imported products (Including Medium and High Risk) | Charge |
Consignments up to 6 tonnes are subject to a minimum charge of | £61.68 |
Additional tonnage between 7 – 46 tonnes @ | £10.23 per tonne |
For consignments over 46 tonnes the maximum charge is | £469.05 |
| Low Risk POAO consignments are £10 |
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For products which transit through the community | Charge |
Minimum fee of | £33.70 |
Increasing by, per quarter of an hour for every member of staff involved in the controls | £23.69 |
All products of Animal Origin from New Zealand | Charge |
Consignments up to 6 tonnes are subject to a minimum charge of | £47.84 |
Additional tonnage between 7 – 46 tonnes @ | £7.82 per tonne |
For consignments over 46 tonnes the maximum charge is | £364.04 |
Other Administration charges for CHED-P’s
Where Parent and Daughter CHEDs are required to be submitted there will be an additional charge of £54.16 per daughter CHED in addition to the parent CHED charge.
Other administration charges for CHED-Ps.
Additional charges for statutory sampling will be made as required.
Activity | Charge |
Document Check | £64.98 |
Sampling – Less than 10 sub samples | £88.46 + analytical cost |
Sampling – 10-59 sub samples | £119.74 + analytical cost |
Sampling – 60 or more sub samples | £161.86 + analytical cost |
A sub sample is the number of units that the legislation requires to be sampled to make up a sample that is representative of the whole consignment. Some contaminants, like aflatoxin, are not usually evenly spread throughout the consignment and a large number of incremental samples are required by the legislation. These samples take longer, so the charge is higher.
Where Parent and Daughter CHEDs are required to be submitted there will be an additional charge of £54.16 per daughter CHED in addition to the parent CHED charge.
Non-compliant consignment
£145.05
Activity | Charge |
Document Check (CHED-D Document check fee) | £64.98 |
Sampling (exc. analysis) | £119.74 |
Analytical Cost – Assigned by lab | |
Non-compliant consignment £145.05 |
Document Check
Due to the additional work in checking and handling multiple documents charges have been introduced based on the number of analytical certificates that accompany the Declaration. The sliding scale of charges will be applied.
Number of Analytical Certificates | Charge |
1-5 | £55.66 |
6-10 | £74.31 |
11-20 | £102.29 |
21+ | £130.58 |
Identity, physical checks and sampling
The cost of carrying out the identity, physical check and sampling is (NOTE: subject to courier fee of £15.00): £103.91
Analytical cost – Assigned by lab
Non-compliant consignment – £145.05
The following charges apply, and will be applied on a per consignment per country basis.
A consignment will be determined as goods covered by a distinct set of documentation e.g. where there is more than one processing statement in the IUU documentation (particularly where it pairs with a CHED-P), it is likely to be processed and charged separately.
For low risk consignments £28.72 per flag state country.
Imports coming directly from the following flag states are currently defined as low risk:
For high risk consignments £56.80 per flag state country.
The following imports are currently defined as high risk:
Due to the additional work in checking documents from more than one country and checking and handling multiple documents additional charges have been introduced.
The appropriate checking fee of £28.72 or £56.80 is applied for each country that certification is received from. In addition where multiple certificates are submitted to accompany a consignment a sliding scale of charges will be applied:
Number of Certificates | Charge per high risk country | Charge per low risk country |
1-5 | £56.80 | £28.72 |
6-10 | £85.51 | £49.46 |
11-20 | £99.55 | £64.44 |
21+ | £113.90 | £78.48 |
The number of certificates are counted per country to reflect the amount of work incurred in checking the certification.
Intervention Charges
Charges for consignments requiring verification/ movement control intervention or non-conforming consignments have increased to accurately reflect the amount of additional work required to be undertaken for such consignments.
Where a CHED-D is submitted for a product covered by GM and other high risk product controls e.g. rice noodles for aluminium, only one document check charge will apply.
| Documentary Check (CHED-D) | £64.98 |
| Identity check, Physical check and taking Sample | £88.46 (processed products) £119.74 (bulk rice) |
Analyst fee full sample – Assigned by lab |
Non-compliant consignment
£145.05
Certificate verification
| If the pre-notification is created on PHILIS DES | £54.16 |
| If the pre-notification is not created on PHILIS DES | £72.20 |
| Sampling – 10 sub samples | £116.25 |
| Analyst fee full sample – Assigned by lab |
Issuing a Regulation 7 notice under the Organic Products Regulations 2009
£145.05
The charges are calculated based on the gross tonnage of the vessel. The current charges are:
| Gross Tonnage | Charge |
| Up to 1,000 | £135 |
| 1,001 – 3,000 | £185 |
| 3,001 – 10,000 | £270 |
| 10,001 – 20,000 | £355 |
| 20,001 – 30,000 | £450 |
| Over 30,000 | £520 |
With the exception of:
Vessels with the capacity to carry between 50 and 1000 persons = £520
Vessels with the capacity to carry more than 1000 persons = £890
Extension of existing Ship Sanitation Certificate = £105
Vessel inspection following notification from another Competent Authority of conditions on board requiring further investigation = £105
Standard Drinking Water Parameters – drinking water sampling for Coliforms, E.coli, and Enterococci are carried out on request
Analytical testing using the standard drinking water parameters is charged at £107.49 for the first sample and £53.75 for any additional sample taken at the same time. (It is recommended that 3 samples are taken at different points in the vessels fresh water distribution system.)
Legionella – testing for Legionella can be carried out on request.
The rate for sampling and analysis is £150.56 for the first sample and £94.35 for any additional samples taken at the same time.
Please note: A single sample can only provide information as to the presence of legionella at an individual point on the ships water system. Therefore due to the nature of this organism and the associated risk one sample cannot provide assurances as to the legionella status of the vessels water distribution systems.
A survey consisting of numerous samples taking into account the vessel size, nature and layout of the water distribution systems would be needed to give an indication of a vessel’s overall legionella status.
Further advice and information can be provided on this if required.
Please note that prices are subject to change depending on Government approval.
In addition to the charge that port health makes the Port of Felixstowe may also make other charges to produce your container for examination and for storing goods. Click here for a list of Port of Felixstowe charges.
Hourly rate charge: £94.76
Please be aware we charge a fee of £8.24 for postage of any document returns (where no courier is used).
| Trailer Charge | £103.00 |
| Location Attendance Charge | £51.50 |
| Late Submission Charge | £91.88 |
| Admin Charge for refund of payments made into Philis account in error | £34.09 |
| General Admin Charge | £34.09 |
| Document Checks completed on diverted consignments | £34.09 |
| Photocopy Charge | £6.18 |
