We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry at a third premises near Dereham, Breckland, Norfolk on 22 December 2025.
Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin.
Purpose To inform you of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the…
OVS note number: 2026/05 Date: 16 February 2026 Purpose To advise…
OVS note number: 2026/04 Date: 4 February 2026 Purpose To inform you that,…
OVS note number: 2026/03 Date: 2 February 2026 Purpose To inform you that,…
OVS note number: 2026/02 Date: 30 January 2026 Purpose To inform you that,…
OVS note number: 2026/01 Date: 27 January 2026 1. Purpose To inform you of…
OVS note number: 2025/80 Date: 18 December 2025 Purpose To inform you…
OVS note number: 2025/79 Date: 16 December 2025 Purpose To inform you…
OVS note number: 2025/78 Date: 15 December 2025 Purpose To inform OVSs of…
OVS note number: 2025/77 Date: 15 December 2025 Purpose To inform you…
Rules food businesses should follow for any meat produced from poultry or farmed game birds originating within a disease control zone.
This guidance is for food business operators (FBOs) (excluding…
In the rules, the terms ‘restricted meat’ and ‘unrestricted meat’ are…
Guidance for vets on unusual seasonal events, emerging diseases and outbreaks of non-statutory disease from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry at a third premises near York, York, North Yorkshire on 15 January 2026.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry at a third premises near Newington, Swale, Kent on 13 December 2025.
Find an approved UK border control post (BCP) to check the animals, animal products or high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) in your consignment.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry at a second premises near Newington, Swale, Kent on 3 December 2025.
Guidance for veterinarians investigating porcine abortions, stillbirths and mummified piglets and submitting samples to APHA.
A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).