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How and when you must register as a bird keeper (including for any birds you keep as pets).
Register to keep up to 49 birds, including any you’re keeping as pets.
Marketing standards for poultry meat producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
How poultry producers can join and pay fees for the Poultry Health Scheme, and how to pay fees to become a PHS approved laboratory.
UK poultry statistics.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
New registration requirements for bird keepers in Great Britain - all bird keepers must register their birds and update records annually.
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.
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.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
Know how to stun or kill poultry, rabbits and hares on small-scale farms.
Rules you need to follow to export cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry.
Poultry valuation tables outline the value of poultry in Great Britain.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
How to apply for an environmental permit if you rear pigs and poultry intensively, including how to comply with and change the permit.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
Licences for gatherings of poultry or other captive birds.
What counts as a bird gathering, and how to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
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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