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Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
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.
How to import or move high risk food and feed of non-animal origin from the EU to Great Britain.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Apply for an authorisation to manufacture authorised veterinary medicines and medicines marketed under the Exemptions for Small Pet Animals.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Check if you need a certificate to export animal feed or pet food, and other rules you must follow.
How to manage tuberculosis (TB) in your non-bovine animals, when you can move them, and how to get compensation if you slaughter them.
You can claim relief to pay no duty or VAT when importing laboratory animals intended for scientific research.
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.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
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 meat to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
You must fill in this form to confirm that you won't sell or transfer the pet dog, cat, ferret or assistance dog to a new owner in the UK.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
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