Food and farming

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Services

1. Get help and support for your business

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

2. Food business registration

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

3. Make or update a rural payments claim

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

4. Food labelling and packaging

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

5. Food safety - your responsibilities

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

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Guidance and regulation

1. Personal food, plant and animal product imports
   • Detailed guide
   • 7 February 2017
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
2. BPS 2018
   • Detailed guide
   • 12 November 2018
   • Rural Payments Agency
3. Food labelling: giving food information to consumers
   • Detailed guide
   • 29 November 2017
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Food Standards Agency
4. Countryside Productivity Scheme
   • Detailed guide
   • 13 August 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency, and Rural Development Programme for England Network
5. 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

13 November 2018 — Press release

Review of government’s bovine TB strategy published

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

1. David Rutley tours UK food and drink industry
   • 9 November 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Press release
2. RPA confirms BPS 2018 entitlement and greening rates
   • 6 November 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
   • Press release
3. Agriculture Bill: letter to Scottish Government
   • 2 November 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Correspondence
4. Fair funding for farmers across all parts of the UK
   • 16 October 2018
   • 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
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Commodity prices
   • 16 November 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Statistical data set
2. Food statistics pocketbook
   • 16 November 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Official statistics
3. Scientific papers published by APHA
   • 15 November 2018
   • Animal and Plant Health Agency
   • Research
4. Quota use statistics
   • 15 November 2018
   • Marine Management Organisation
   • Statistical data set
5. Latest cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics
   • 15 November 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Changing carcase classification and price reporting in abattoirs in England
   • 15 November 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 23 August 2018
2. Food labelling: amending laws
   • 6 November 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 04 December 2018
3. Bovine TB: Extending the use of Approved Tuberculin Testers (ATTs) to perform skin tests on cattle in England
   • 5 November 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 07 September 2018
4. A strategy for achieving Bovine Tuberculosis Free Status for England: 2018 review
   • 13 November 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Policy paper
5. Animal health and welfare framework (2018)
   • 8 November 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Bovine TB: compensation value tables
   • 29 October 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Transparency
2. APHA regulatory and compliance policy
   • 20 September 2018
   • Closed organisation: Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency and Animal and Plant Health Agency
   • Corporate report
3. Fish Health Inspectorate: Reports 2017
   • 4 April 2018
   • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
   • Transparency
4. AHWBE: register of interests
   • 20 March 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Transparency
5. 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. Rural Payments Agency
3. Animal & Plant Health 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 of Health & Social Care
15. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
16. Home Office
17. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
18. Cabinet Office
19. Department for International Trade
20. HM Revenue & Customs
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. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
35. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
36. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
37. Tribunal Procedure Committee

1. Forestry Commission
2. Environment Agency
3. Government Chemist
4. Natural England
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

Explore these sub-topics

1. Common Agricultural Policy reform
2. Farming and food grants and payments
3. Food and farming industry
4. Keeping farmed animals
5. Producing and distributing food