Food and farming
Services
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Get help and support for your business
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
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Food business registration
You must register with the council to run a food business - fines, penalties
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Make or update a rural payments claim
Update your details with the Rural Payments Agency to keep claiming payments for your farm land
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Apply for a county parish holding (CPH) number
Use this form to apply for a CPH number for land you use to keep livestock in England.
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Food safety - your responsibilities
The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
Guidance and regulation
- Import of products, animals, food and feed system (IPAFFS)
- Bird flu (avian influenza): how to prevent it and stop it spreading
- Bird flu (avian influenza): how to spot and report it in poultry or other captive birds
- Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and improve the land you manage
- Funding for farmers and land managers
News and communications
- Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
- Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier application window opens for 2024 agreements
- Improvements made to the Tree Health Pilot following a successful first year
- Thérèse Coffey: Farmers central to food production and environmental action
- RPA’s strong performance helps farmers and rural businesses across the country
Research and statistics
- Quota use statistics
- Farmer Opinion Tracker for England: October 2022
- Farmer Opinion Tracker for England
- Animal feed prices
- Livestock prices, finished and store
Policy papers and consultations
- Review of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013
- Methane suppressing feed products: call for evidence
- Consultation on changes to legislation relating to alcoholic drinks in Great Britain
- Environmental Land Management update: how government will pay for land-based environment and climate goods and services
- Food compositional standards and labelling: provisional common framework
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Bovine TB: compensation value tables
- Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel
- FOI/EIR responses published by APHA: October 2022
- FOI/EIR responses published by APHA: September 2022
- Government Chemist 2021 Annual Review
Organisations
- Natural England
- Government Chemist
- Environment Agency
- Forestry Commission
- British Cattle Movement Service
- UK Hydrographic Office
- Trade and Agriculture Commission
- Marine Accident Investigation Branch
- Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
- Council for Science and Technology
- Defence Equipment and Support
- HM Prison Service
- Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
- Rail Accident Investigation Branch
- UK Space Agency