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What you need to do when you send cattle, bison or buffalo to a slaughterhouse.
Guidance for competent authorities applying to Defra for market access to export animals and animal products to Great Britain, or to amend existing trading conditions.
Apply for a specific licence to freeze or move germinal product from susceptible animals in bluetongue zones.
How vets can submit samples to APHA laboratory testing services and prices for these services.
How to spot glanders and farcy, what to do if you suspect them and measures to prevent their spread.
This document provides guidance on how the definition of MSM should be applied.
This guidance is aimed at helping readers understand the permitting requirements of EC directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste.
Flavourings authorisation requirements and what you need to submit as part of your application.
Guidance on labelling, contaminants and what to look out for when importing products which come from animals.
You should use this licence to move table eggs into, within or out of a protection or surveillance zone to an egg processing plant.
Information for egg producers, deliveries, collectors and packing centres to follow the law on registration, marketing and stamping of eggs.
We are responsible for making sure that chemicals are not present in food at levels that would be of concern. We carry out research and surveillance and using that information, we can enforce controls to prevent chemical con…
Find out about sampling, testing and laboratory requirements for cattle in reviews and follow-ups.
How to spot dourine, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
How and when your eggs, site and records might get inspected by the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
What you must do when sheep and goats arrive for slaughter, including identification checks, and recording and reporting movements.
Requirements for wine exporters to be self-certified or have an EU VI-1 to export wine to the EU or move it to Northern Ireland.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for low input grassland.
What cattle keepers must do when they import or move cattle into England or Wales, including passport and ear tagging rules.
Find out about grants and other funding support for agroforestry on your farmland.
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