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Find out sampling, testing and laboratory requirements for cattle in reviews and follow-ups.
Read about the requirements and procedures you will need to follow, and how you will need to manage your agreement once you're an agreement holder.
How to spot anthrax, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal and bird disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for integrated pest management.
How to meet expected welfare, health and safety standards in the horse industry if keeping horses for commercial purposes in the UK.
To help both holders and potential holders of environmental permits understand how to comply with their permits.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for hedgerows.
How to display the legal name for your food product.
The signs of foot and mouth disease, what to do if you suspect it in your animals and measures to prevent its spread.
Who can fish commercially, who can buy and sell first-sale fish, how to report sales information.
How to spot bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
How to register as a spring water producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market spring water.
Find out about the process and costs to apply for Defra disinfectant approval.
How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
How to report and record pig movements and when to follow the standstill rule.
APHA detects and investigates new and re-emerging diseases in animals in England and Wales.
Beef abattoirs must dress, categorise, classify, weigh and label carcases according to regulations, and communicate results to suppliers.
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