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How a marketing authorisation holder should report a defect with a veterinary medicine.
Actions to be taken by wholesalers and retailers in order to supply medicines to Northern Ireland from 1 January 2026.
When fishery owners and suppliers of live fish must get a fish health check. How to arrange the check and how to report the results.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
Requirement to analyse samples from food producing animals for residues of veterinary medicines and prohibited substances.
General licence to move from premises and spread poultry litter, manure and slurry in a protection or surveillance zone in England and Wales.
How to export certain types of regulated wood, wood products and bark from Great Britain to the world.
Benefit-Risk Submission Report (BRSR) and Pharmacovigilance Sales Submission (PSS) templates and guidance for completion of BRSRs, PSSs and signal notifications.
Owners or occupiers of land, or people authorised by them, can use this general licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on special areas of conservation and within their 500m buffer zones.
Information on what a border control post (BCP) is and the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks that take place there.
Licence conditions for keeping primates from the family Callitrichidae (callitrichids).
How to spot Echinococcus multilocularis, what to do if you suspect it and how to prevent its spread.
How to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) contact details for private vets, Official Veterinarians, and others in an official capacity.
Requirements for an Animal Test Certificate (ATC) to carry out the field trial of a veterinary medicine in animals (clinical trial) in the UK.
How to operate a zoo, including understanding licences and inspections.
Terms and conditions for paying for a wildlife licence to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat.
What you must do to avoid harming hazel dormice and when you’ll need a licence.
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