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  • A summary of monthly workshops in the Food Standard Agency and Food Standard Scotland's cell-cultivated product programme.

  • Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing bristles, feathers, fur, hair and wool to Great Britain.

  • Find out how you can dispose of milk at the farm where it was produced, and the restrictions that apply once milk has left the farm.

  • Allocation coefficients and decision

  • How to spot West Nile fever, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.

  • Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.

  • Calculate the annual nitrogen and phosphorus emissions from your livestock. Report the data to the Environment Agency.

  • When and how to test for salmonella if you breed turkeys, and what happens if a flock tests positive. Testing is part of the salmonella national control programme (NCP).

  • Apply for a specific licence to freeze or move germinal product from susceptible animals in bluetongue zones.

  • How to get and maintain an ATT qualification, and what to do if you want to end your authorisation.

  • Organisers of bird gatherings must have a written contingency plan outlining what to do if there is suspicion or confirmation of notifiable avian disease at or near the gathering.

  • Field Officers may visit your holding to check that you’re following the rules for cattle, bison and buffalo identification and record keeping.

  • List of approved blood testing laboratories to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines.

  • How to submit release notices and marketing notices for precision bred plants, and rules you must follow when releasing the plants.

  • Guidance on licensing, labelling, packaging, chemical safety when importing confectionery products.

  • Guidance on labelling, contaminants and what to look out for when importing nuts.

  • Guidance to compliance on European Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and certain other substances to food.

  • Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing hides and skins to Great Britain.

  • We produce the National Enforcement Priorities (NEPs) for food and animal feed hygiene annually. These assist Local Authorities (LAs), DAERA (for Northern Ireland) and businesses in maintaining standards and safeguarding pub…

  • Consuming lead is harmful, health experts advise to minimise lead consumption as much as possible. Anyone who eats lead-shot game should be aware of the risks posed by consuming large amounts of lead, especially children and…