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When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain from EU and non-EU countries.
Establishments approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and how competent authorities can change the establishment list.
Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports to Great Britain.
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
A collection of guides for anyone working with animal by-products (ABPs), including how to process, transport, store and dispose of them.
What you must do when sheep and goats arrive for slaughter, including identification checks, and recording and reporting movements.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
How to report sheep and goat movements to the Livestock Information Service.
How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.
Check if you need a certificate to export animal feed or pet food, and other rules you must follow.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
Find out what records you need to keep of movements of sheep or goats to or from showgrounds, and how to report those movements.
What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
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