Policy papers and consultations

Seeking views on changes to the law on veterinary medicines.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 2 February 2024

These reports contain the Health and Safety Executive’s advice on the use of Cruiser SB on the UK’s sugar beet crops.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 18 January 2024

Information about the Science Capability in Animal Health Programme (SCAH).

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 4 October 2023

• Science Capability in Animal Health Programme

  The Science Capability in Animal Health (SCAH) Programme is a major…

The contingency plan outlines how Defra, Welsh Government, and their operational partners prepare for and respond to outbreaks of aquatic animal disease.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 24 July 2023

This contingency plan describes how the government will manage an outbreak or incident of exotic notifiable disease of animals in England.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 17 July 2023

This plan sets out the UK's 21 international ambitions to help protect our plants and trees.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 21 June 2023

A framework to help local authorities in England carry out controls under animal health and welfare legislation.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 22 September 2022

Authorisations by the Secretary of State to inform operators how to comply with these exemptions.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 September 2022

This zoonoses contingency plan explains how Defra will manage incidents of certain endemic zoonotic diseases in England.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 28 July 2022

Seeking views on how we can work together to protect Great Britain from the risks of harmful plant pests and diseases.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 5 April 2022

How the UK government and devolved governments propose to work together on plant health policy.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 3 February 2022

How the UK government and devolved governments propose to work together in policy areas covering plant varieties and seeds.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 3 February 2022

Creating a modernised and responsive scientific basis for regulating veterinary medicines.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 29 November 2021

Seeking views on the fur market in Great Britain to help shape government policy in relation to the fur trade.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 20 September 2021

We are seeking your views on our proposed changes to the rules around the movement of pets into Great Britain.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 21 August 2021

This chair’s summary was produced as part of the G7 Chief Veterinary Officer meeting, which took place on 4 May 2021 as a side event to the G7 Climate and Environment Track.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 21 May 2021

The contingency plan provides an overview of the response to an outbreak of exotic notifiable disease at the UK level.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 9 April 2021

Information on the smarter rules for safer food package which will improve protection against animal disease and pests in the food chain.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 13 March 2020

Report by the UK Surveillance Forum (UKSF) on the UK approach to animal health surveillance.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 3 others
• Updated: 27 February 2020

This document sets out a framework for how an outbreak of equine infectious anaemia in Great Britain would be managed.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 28 October 2019