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Apply online to export poultry meal and mixtures with poultry meal for manufacturing pet food to South Africa.
Information about the UK food chain.
How to import or move animal by-products from the EU to Great Britain.
Take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad: getting a pet passport or export health certificate, microchip, vaccinations and tapeworm treatments.
Apply online to export feathermeal, or mixtures containing feathermeal, for pet food production to South Africa.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Information to help you answer your query before you contact us.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
Collection of guidance for importing live animals and animal products.
Urgent public health message: UKHSA has been notified about an outbreak of food botulism in France involving a small number of British nationals.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Fill in these forms to agree with APHA how you check assistance dogs meet travel rules before they enter England, Scotland or Wales.
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.
What to do if you’re bringing your pet or pets to Great Britain: quarantine rules, documents you need, types of animal you can bring.
How to comply with the exemption from the Veterinary Medicines Regulations that allow certain animal medicines to be sold without a marketing authorisation.
How to get a licence to breed dogs in Scotland, and the conditions you must meet.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
How to apply for a licence to offer boarding for cats and dogs, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
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