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How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
Marketing standards for poultry meat producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
Form for poultry keepers to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency of chickens kept for meat production.
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
Apply to export or move poultry meat from Great Britain to the EU or Northern Ireland.
Information for poultry farmers about inspections the Animal and Plant Health Agency carries out on their facilities, operating procedures and records.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Rules you need to follow to export cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry.
UK poultry statistics.
How and when you must register as a bird keeper (including for any birds you keep as pets).
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export live poultry to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
How poultry producers can join and pay fees for the Poultry Health Scheme, and how to pay fees to become a PHS approved laboratory.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export poultry meat to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Register to keep up to 49 birds, including any you’re keeping as pets.
Employment Tribunal decision.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you’re an egg producer, and what happens if a laying flock tests positive.
British cooked poultry meat will soon reach Japanese tables thanks to a new market access deal that will benefit UK farmers, meat processers and exporters.
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