Guidance and regulation

Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the Faroe Islands and Greenland to Great Britain…

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 16 May 2024

• Import risk categories and inspection rates for animal and animal product imports from the EU to Great Britain: summary tables

  The summary tables on this page show the Border Target Operating Model…

Find out which licence and fuel you need for agricultural vehicles and which tax and operator's licence exemptions might apply to you.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Updated: 16 July 2018

Details of the new Seasonal Worker visa route that replaces the visa route pilot and how to apply to be an operator under the visa route 2022 to 2024.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 27 June 2022

• Seasonal worker visa route RFI notice

  The Seasonal Worker visa route provides: 6-month visas for overseas…

• How to submit a response for the request for information (RFI)

  Labour providers that want to be an operator under the Seasonal Worker…

Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 8 May 2024

Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 12 October 2023

Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the import rules and inspection rate…

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 16 May 2024

How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 December 2023

Details of control bodies approved to certify organic food in the UK.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 14 July 2023

How farm business tenants and landlords can claim compensation for improvements, terminate a tenancy and ask for a rent review.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 18 March 2024

Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 3 January 2017

Register and manage your access to EHC Online using Government Gateway and your Defra account.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 31 January 2024

Find out how you could do the SFI actions for nutrient management.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 10 August 2023

What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 2 April 2018

Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 20 September 2022

A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 13 June 2013

The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 25 April 2024

Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 21 April 2023

Rules for importing organic food, feed and seed to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 31 January 2024

Find out how much nitrogen you can use on your land and how to plan and record your fertiliser use in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 1 January 2024

How to get certified as an organic farmer in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and funding available to convert and manage your land.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 13 July 2023