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Protocols and procedures for testing the value for cultivation or use (VCU) of agricultural crops.
Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
Collection of guidance for moving plants and seeds for planting, used agricultural and forestry machinery, and seed potatoes from GB to NI using the NIPHL scheme.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Plants and wood that need a plant passport for movement within Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
How to get certified as an organic farmer in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and funding available to convert and manage your land.
Where Great Britain will accept verifiable PDF GB health certificates from, to import live animals and animal products through TRACES or other systems.
What to do if a customer registered with the Rural Payments service dies.
Find out how to take samples from processed ABPs and find laboratories to test them, and what to do if one of your samples fails a test.
Use this general licence to move animals from anywhere in England to anywhere else in England.
Technical information about the import requirements for POAO for human consumption, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
How to order official cattle ear tags, what to do if your animal is untagged, its tags have been damaged or it has been tagged incorrectly.
You must batch and label the beef and veal you sell or supply according to specific rules, which vary from product to product.
Use this service to notify the Environment Agency if you plan to construct a new or substantially enlarge an existing silage, slurry or agricultural fuel oil store, or store field silage on a new site.
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) contact details for private vets, Official Veterinarians, and others in an official capacity.
Allocation coefficients and decision
Find out if you need a UK Agricultural Policy (UKAP) licence to become an importer/exporter of agricultural produce and how to apply.
Information about Sevington BCP and the checks that take place there.
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