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New registration requirements for bird keepers in Great Britain - all bird keepers must register their birds and update records annually.
Encouraging population increase as 54 nests recorded
Find out how your personal information is used to issue optional indications (OI) certificates for exporting or moving poultry meat.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
You should use this licence to move poultry meat from poultry originating in a protection zone.
How and when you must register as a bird keeper (including for any birds you keep as pets).
Find bird flu disease control zones and the rules you must follow in each zone.
Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
Competent authorities must help to protect wild bird habitats on land and at sea, and avoid pollution to protect wild bird populations.
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.
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