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Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
Use a certificate of free sale to export or move products for human consumption and products for animal consumption.
Now closed for applications. Capital items that benefit boundaries, trees and orchards, water and air priorities, assessments, improvements and natural flood management.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
How to register and keep your personal and business details up to date in the Rural Payments service.
How to report sheep and goat movements to the Livestock Information Service.
List of priority habitats and species in England (‘Section 41 habitats and species’) for public bodies, landowners and funders to use for biodiversity conservation.
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
Register of nutrition and health claims that may be made in commercial communications in Great Britain.
Use this service to tell the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) about a change to your kept bird record or to confirm your details every 12 months.
Find out which licence and fuel you need for agricultural vehicles and which tax and operator's licence exemptions might apply to you.
What counts as a bird gathering, and how to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
The signs of bluetongue virus, how you must report it and what happens when you do.
Guidance on the Animal and Plant Health Agency laboratory testing services and prices for animal disease diagnosis.
Guidance for businesses that import meat, dairy, eggs and animal products for human consumption. Check import rules, restrictions and what documents you need.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Find out when you are permitted to cut and trim hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
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