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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 bovine meat to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Inspectors will make unannounced visits to check that you’re complying with the rules for compulsory beef and veal labelling.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Beef abattoirs must dress, categorise, classify, weigh and label carcases according to regulations, and communicate results to suppliers.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
The Beef Carcase Classification (BCC) scheme is the compulsory classification of beef carcases to an agreed standard so that a fair meat price can be set.
How to comply with your environmental permit: additional technical guidance for red meat processors.
If your abattoir slaughters 150 or more bovines aged 8 months or over per week (on a rolling annual average) you must be registered with the Beef Carcase Classification (BCC) scheme.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Apply online to export lamb, goat, pork, beef and bird meat (excluding fresh pork and beef) and products containing these meats to Canada.
Apply online to export fresh or frozen pork and pig products to Oman.
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to export fresh meat of wild rabbits and hares from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to the EU or move them to Northern Ireland.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Rules food businesses should follow for any meat produced from poultry or farmed game birds originating within a disease control zone.
The Meat Hygiene Service was set up in 1995 and was responsible for the enforcement of meat hygiene legislation. The Service merged with the Food Standards Agency in 2010.
Get approval from the FSA or District Council to operate meat handling and processing plants - Northern Ireland
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