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Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin.
Find an approved UK border control post (BCP) to check the animals, animal products or high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) in your consignment.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Check if you need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
Guidance for exporters in England, Scotland and Wales on applying for an export health certificate.
When your pet must go in quarantine, how to book a pet carrier and quarantine premises, and how to get your pet released from quarantine.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
Use these general licences to move animals and germinal product from the bluetongue restricted zone to Scotland or Wales (EXD603, EXD608, EXD627, EXD639, EXD656, EXD657(S), EXD658, EXD 657(W)).
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
What livestock keepers must do when they intend to use someone else's land or buildings temporarily.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
Check the air, sea and rail carriers registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency to transport assistance dogs with their owners.
Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
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