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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
Form (R1) for identification of legionella, mycoplasma, ureaplasma and respiratory chlamydia.
Information on Bartonella and how to obtain diagnostic and reference services.
Guidance and responsibilities of the UK's National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology.
What pet owners need to do if their animal has suspected or confirmed bovine TB.
Information and resources on the UK’s plans to see antimicrobial resistance contained and controlled by 2040.
Product recall for Shaving Kit in White Box presenting a high microbiological risk due to contamination with the bacteria Burkholderia Vietnamiensis.
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is suitable for laboratories located on production sites where the introduction of pathogens may be inadvisable.
Advice to give pregnant women on infections that can be transmitted via contact with animals that are or have recently given birth.
Batches of some products made by Legency Remedies Pvt Ltd have been found to contain a bacteria called Ralstonia pickettii (R. pickettii). All potentially affected batches are being recalled following an MHRA investigation.
This guidance provides information on COVID-19 in homelessness, domestic abuse refuge, respite room and asylum seeker accommodation settings.
The diagnosis and surveillance of Acinetobacter spp. bacteraemia.
The unit is a specialist in aerobiology, biocontainment and biosafety. The unit provides government departments and the commercial sector with expertise, advice and consultancy.
The characteristics, diagnosis, management, surveillance and epidemiology of Escherichia coli (E. coli).
Pest-free areas for plants for planting.
Q fever (Coxiella burnetii) causes illness and sometimes abortion in animals, and it can lead to a pneumonia-like illness in humans.
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