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How to get authorised to set up a fish, shellfish or crustacean farm: application process, conditions and records you must keep.
How to apply for a licence to import, release or keep non-native animals.
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.
How to set up a compost or biogas site, UK and EU standards explained, and alternative treatment methods for animal by-products (ABPs).
Find out what documentation you need after a review, so you can make a claim.
This guidance is aimed at helping readers understand the permitting requirements of EC directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste.
Technical information about the import requirements for animal by-products (ABPs) or products not for human consumption, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
General licence for the movement of resolved inconclusive reactors from officially TB free cattle herds in England or Wales directly or indirectly to slaughter.
Apply to run a microchip implantation course, apply for a microchip exemption for a dog or cat, or report an animal’s reaction to a microchip.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
What to do if the livestock manure produced on your farm is likely to exceed the amount you're allowed to spread on your land in an NVZ (farm limit).
What you must do to carry out a risk assessment if you're a farmer applying for a bespoke permit for intensive farming.
What you need to do to supply, distribute and sell manufactured solid fuels for use in domestic heating appliances in England.
Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) guidance is a comprehensive document providing information and resources for Natural Capital.
How the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator operates and how to make a formal complaint or contact us in confidence.
Licence conditions for keeping primates from the family Callitrichidae (callitrichids).
Permitted critical uses of halons and the deadlines for decommissioning equipment containing halons.
Find out what methods you can use to process ABPs, how to test your products for bacteria and how to permanently mark high risk material.
Add your business to the Animal and Plant Health Agency list of authorised distance plant sellers.
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