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Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing meat and other meat products for human consumption to Great Britain.
How to get and maintain a Food Competent Certifying Officer (FCCO) qualification.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
Find the licence and declaration you must use to import animal pathogens and carriers to Great Britain from the EU.
Apply for a specific licence to freeze or move germinal product from susceptible animals in bluetongue zones.
How to spot Newcastle disease, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Farm Saved Seed rules, eligible species for payment and how to declare and make payments online.
Fees for animal by-product premises inspection and approval or conditional approval services provided by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing gelatine and collagen for human consumption to Great Britain.
What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.
Vets can contact APHA to get expert advice about unusual animal disease or mortality in England and Wales.
Clarifications on the certification of animal products for imports of medium risk animal products, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing bristles, feathers, fur, hair and wool to Great Britain.
Poster for vets about how to spot and report West Nile fever.
Guidance for land managers and growers of trees, plants or crops about APHA’s plant health surveillance programme, why the surveys take place and what to expect from a survey inspection.
Find out the tests that are most commonly requested from APHA, their test codes, and the correct laboratory to send samples.
Vets can sign up to get text or email alerts from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for animal health threats for livestock and small animals.
Guidance on internal parasites in camelids and the subsidised testing that APHA are offering.
Details of seed companies licensed by APHA in England and Wales.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing research and trade samples or display items to Great Britain.
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