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Find out if your land is in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) and how to appeal.
How and when local authorities can and cannot use fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for householders not complying with waste receptacle requirements.
How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.
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).
How to comply with food standards law when producing, importing or selling bread and flour.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
Check the land details you have registered on the Rural Payments service.
Definition of single-use vapes and reusable vapes, information on regulation and enforcement, and how to recycle vapes.
Guidance for businesses that import meat, dairy, eggs and animal products for human consumption. Check import rules, restrictions and what documents you need.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
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 what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
How farm business tenants and landlords can claim compensation for improvements, terminate a tenancy and ask for a rent review.
Find out how much funding you can claim, to reduce endemic diseases and conditions, increase animal productivity and improve animal welfare.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
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