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Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
Form for poultry keepers to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency of chickens kept for meat production.
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you’re an egg producer, and what happens if a laying flock tests positive.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Find out when and how to take samples, and what happens if one of your flocks tests positive.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
New registration requirements for bird keepers in Great Britain - all bird keepers must register their birds and update records annually.
Manage your birds’ housing and welfare when they must be kept inside because of disease outbreaks.
Find out how you can use manure, guano and digestive tract content, including how to store and move them.
How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
How and when you must register as a bird keeper (including for any birds you keep as pets).
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