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  • Allocation coefficients and decision

  • Find out what IPM is and how to apply it on your land.

  • Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.

  • This guidance and starter guide has been issued in order to comply with Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.

  • How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.

  • Apply for a temporary Certificate of Competence to slaughter or kill animals under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) regulations.

  • Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.

  • Reported problems with the supply of an animal medicine and the date when the issue is expected to be resolved.

  • How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.

  • Understand which licence you need to bring together captive birds, and the rules you must follow to prevent the spread of bird flu.

  • How and when to identify pigs (livestock and pets) with ear tags, ear tattoos or slap marks so they can be traced.

  • Guidance for Environmental Stewardship agreement holders on how to claim an annual or capital payment.

  • Guidance on determining the liability of supplies of food allowed by Group 1, Schedule 8, VATA 1994

  • How to import and move eggs for human consumption to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) from EU and non-EU countries.

  • Legislation on animal feed applies to a wide range of animal feed businesses and activities. This page contains further guidance on key legislation affecting businesses involved with animal feed.

  • Summary of product characteristics for BLUEVAC-3 BTV-3 vaccine in the UK

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • 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.

  • The risks of marine biotoxins and phytoplankton that infect shellfish and what food businesses can do about them.

  • How to provide enough storage and keep storage records of organic manures in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).

  • Information for camelid keepers on reporting suspected bluetongue cases. How to identify and move your camelids.