HMRC have announced that form ALVS1 may be used “if the Automatic Licence Verification System cannot process an automatic release on CHIEF or the Customs Declaration Service”. The form can be used in relation to the following regulated products:
- horticultural fruit and vegetable products
- plants and plant related products
- live animals
- products of animal origin
- high risk food (not of animal origin)
- illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) caught fish
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-a-manual-release-of-certain-plant-animal-and-food-products