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The CMA has launched a review into the veterinary services market for household pets.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
Template for animal health checks on farms to prove that animals used to make food, drink and agricultural products had annual health visits from a vet.
Information for farmers about inspections carried out on farms using on-site feed mixers to add veterinary medicines into feed.
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
Legal requirements for the sale of veterinary medicines on the internet and the VMD Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS).
Apply for an import certificate to import a medicinal product into the UK for veterinary use.
Information for farmers about inspections carried out on on-farm medicines, medicine records and farm movement records.
Collection of reports (UK VARSS) providing the details of UK veterinary antibiotic resistance and sales surveillance.
Create animal disease testing submissions for cows, sheep and other farm animals if you're a vet or veterinary worker, get your test results online
Lists published of the ten products for which most Special Import Certificates (SIC) have been issued each quarter in previous year.
Forms to apply for or to make a variation to a wholesale dealer licence (WDA(V)), manufacturer licence (MANA) or manufacturer ‘specials’ licence for veterinary medicines (MANSA).
Apply for a licence to move and keep certain non-native (alien) species for animal welfare purposes.
Details of certificates issued under the Special Import System for the top ten veterinary medicines that were imported 1 Oct - 31 Dec 2023.
Explainer on product information templates to be used by applicants and Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) of veterinary medicines.
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 report suspected illegal activity and how we will deal with these reports.
Who you should contact if a pet or other animal or human has an unexpected reaction to a veterinary medicine or a problem with a microchip
The Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) advises Defra on veterinary medicinal products and animal feed additives. VPC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
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