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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.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
How to apply for an authorisation to manufacture authorised veterinary medicines or medicines marketed under the Exemptions for small pet animals.
Apply for an authorisation to manufacture extemporaneous preparations, autogenous vaccines, stem cell products or blood products for non-food animals.
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.
Animal bites and pasteurella infections information for healthcare staff.
Marketing standards for poultry meat producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
You can claim relief to pay no duty or VAT when importing laboratory animals intended for scientific research.
The licences you must have to import animal pathogens or carriers to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
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 import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
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.
How to set up a compost or biogas site, UK and EU standards explained, and alternative treatment methods for animal by-products (ABPs).
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