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Services

• Get help and support for your business

  Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business

• Food business registration

  You must register with the council to run a food business - fines, penalties

• Make or update a rural payments claim

  Update your details with the Rural Payments Agency to keep claiming payments for your farm land

• Food labelling and packaging

  Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards

• Food safety - your responsibilities

  The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations

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Guidance and regulation

• Personal food, plant and animal product imports

  Detailed guide

  7 February 2017

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

• Countryside Productivity Scheme

  Detailed guide

  13 August 2018

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency, and Rural Development Programme for England Network

• BPS 2018

  Detailed guide

  17 August 2018

  Rural Payments Agency

• Food labelling: giving food information to consumers
  • Detailed guide
  • 29 November 2017
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Food Standards Agency
• Register land you use to keep livestock
  • Detailed guide
  • 17 July 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency, and Animal and Plant Health Agency

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News and communications

16 October 2018 — Press release

Fair funding for farmers across all parts of the UK

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, HM Treasury, Northern Ireland Office, Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

1. £30 million commitment to help farmers boost productivity
   • 12 October 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for International Development, Rural Payments Agency, Department for International Trade, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Press release
2. Bluetongue virus detected and dealt with in four imported sheep
   • 12 October 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Press release
3. Statement on Funding for Scottish Farmers Post-Brexit
   • 11 October 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
   • News story
4. Defra approves sale of Sequoia for use only in greenhouses
   • 11 October 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Health and Safety Executive
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Commodity prices
  • 19 October 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Statistical data set
• Quota use statistics
  • 19 October 2018
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Statistical data set
• Historical statistics notices on agricultural price indices, 2018
  • 18 October 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • National statistics
• Historical statistics notices on poultry and poultry meat production, 2018
  • 18 October 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • National statistics
• Latest poultry and poultry meat statistics
  • 18 October 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Food and natural mineral water: amending laws in England 16 October 2018

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

  Open consultation

  Closing date 13 November 2018

• Protected Food Name scheme: improving enforcement 5 October 2018

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

  Open consultation

  Closing date 02 November 2018

• Geographical Indications (GI): creating UK schemes after EU exit 4 October 2018

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

  Open consultation

  Closing date 01 November 2018

• The future for food, farming and the environment
  • 13 September 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 08 May 2018
• The future for food, farming and the environment: policy statement (2018)
  • 14 September 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Bovine TB: compensation value tables
  • 28 September 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Transparency
• APHA regulatory and compliance policy
  • 20 September 2018
  • Closed organisation: Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency and Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Corporate report
• Fish Health Inspectorate: Reports 2017
  • 4 April 2018
  • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
  • Transparency
• AHWBE: register of interests
  • 20 March 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Transparency
• FOI/EIR responses published by APHA: February 2018
  • 13 March 2018
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Foi release

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Organisations

1. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
2. Animal & Plant Health Agency
3. Rural Payments Agency
4. Marine Management Organisation
5. Veterinary Medicines Directorate

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1. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
2. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
3. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
4. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
5. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
6. Public Health England
7. HM Treasury
8. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
9. Department for International Development
10. Department for Transport
11. Government Office for Science
12. Northern Ireland Office
13. RDPE Network
14. Department for International Trade
15. Department of Health & Social Care
16. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
17. HM Revenue & Customs
18. Home Office
19. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
20. Cabinet Office
21. Government Veterinary Services
22. Department for Work & Pensions
23. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
24. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
25. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
26. Groceries Code Adjudicator
27. Ministry of Defence
28. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
29. Office for Product Safety & Standards
30. Science Advisory Council
31. Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
32. Border Force
33. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
34. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
35. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
36. Tribunal Procedure Committee

1. Natural England
2. Forestry Commission
3. Environment Agency
4. Government Chemist
5. British Cattle Movement Service
6. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
7. Innovate UK
8. UK Co-ordinating Body
9. UK Hydrographic Office
10. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
11. Council for Science and Technology
12. Defence Equipment and Support
13. HM Prison Service
14. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
15. Migration Advisory Committee
16. Rail Accident Investigation Branch