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Marketing standards for poultry meat producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
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.
Manage your birds’ housing and welfare when they must be kept inside because of disease outbreaks.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
The UK has self-declared freedom from highly pathogenic avian influenza
Apply to control wild birds, including the lesser black-backed gull and herring gull, to conserve plants and animals or protect public health and safety.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.
Find out which birds and animals may be spared from culling during an outbreak of an exotic animal disease.
How to manage racing pigeons, birds of prey and other captive birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.
Know how to stun or kill poultry, rabbits and hares on small-scale farms.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Get a licence to catch certain birds trapped on food premises.
Register to keep up to 49 birds, including any you’re keeping as pets.
How and when you must register as a bird keeper (including for any birds you keep as pets).
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
Information for poultry farmers about inspections the Animal and Plant Health Agency carries out on their facilities, operating procedures and records.
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