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How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
How to apply to import, export or re-export endangered animal and plant species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
Register to keep up to 49 birds, including any you’re keeping as pets.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
Guidance on the Animal and Plant Health Agency laboratory testing services and prices for animal disease diagnosis.
When and how you need to register your item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
How to get a flock or herd mark for livestock (including those kept as pets) and keep your registered details up to date.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.
Details of approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain and the Channel Islands.
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep animals safe from bluetongue virus.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports, when you need to be authorised and plants that need passports.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
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