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Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
The signs of foot and mouth disease, what to do if you suspect it in your animals and measures to prevent its spread.
Guidance and regulatory advice on how to apply for licences issued under ASPA and how your compliance with ASPA and your licence conditions will be assessed.
Food grown, sold and consumed; farm productivity, management and commodity prices; health and welfare of farm animals; control of animal and plant diseases.
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
Guidance and legislation covering pet welfare and animal cruelty.
Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export other animal by-products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
Collection of guidance for importing live animals and animal products.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain from EU and non-EU countries.
What you need to do to export or move animal bones, protein and other by-products.
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
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