Exports

POAO Export Certification Services

North Park Veterinary Group has four dedicated Official Veterinary Surgeons and two Certification Support Officers working in the export of Products of Animal Origin.

The practice is based near Okehampton in West Devon, and we routinely cover loads throughout Devon, Cornwall and into Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire as far north as Bristol when required.

Roger Cunningham  (who stepped back from the North Park Vets Directorship in 2024 to manage this work) heads up the export certification team. Historically the practice was involved in a small amount of cheese and milk powder to Third Countries, and during the four years prior to Brexit this work increased significantly. This enabled us to employ two Certification Support Officer (CSO) to gather evidence and oversee the admin aspect; but more importantly valuable experience was gained by everyone before Brexit hit. By 2021-22 we had expanded to a team of three OVs combined with experienced CSO backup to meet the many and constant challenge of the extra EU Certification work. In 2024 an additional part-time OV brought the number of experienced OVs up to the current four.

Our experience is primarily in dairy products and canned pet food, with a few other varied clients, and we oversee over two thousand loads out of multiple sites per year. The team has always worked together very closely,  utilising a simple but very effective cloud-based audit and storage system, recently backed up by a custom designed work booking database. Aside from the EU, the Third Country destinations are numerous – the primary ones include China, NZ, Australia, South Africa, Philippines and the Middle East, etc.

North Park exports team are also responsible for some Support Health Attestations (SHA) and are happy to give some advice on these if requested.

Currently alongside Roger are our two CSO’s – Sophie Kerslake keeps the show running with backup from Vanessa Keast. They keep the vets in line and the extensive admin up to date, as well as helping out in the warehouse when needed. Our other experienced OV’s are Silvia Soescu, Hector Lopez and Neil Blake. We can also draw on other OVs within North Park Vets who are qualified for Products Exports certification as required.

If you need help or advice, then email us at  . We always reply and even if we are unable to actually take the work on, we will offer what advice we can and maybe find you a more local OV.