Guidance and regulation

Legal terms for veterinary medicines, marketing of non-medicinal products including medicinal words and phrases, how to complain.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 11 July 2018

How to apply for a licence to import, release or keep non-native animals.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 31 December 2020

How to contact the VMD for specific services or enquiries.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 22 October 2021

The VMR sets out the statutory fees associated with various regulatory services provided by the VMD. The statutory fees and fee structure are implemented from 17 May 2024.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 14 May 2024

How to export certain types of regulated wood, wood products and bark from Great Britain to the world.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Updated: 17 January 2023

How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 19 July 2021

Explainer on product information templates to be used by applicants and Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) of veterinary medicines.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 4 April 2024

How to keep beef cattle and dairy cows on a farm, including your responsibilities for their food and housing.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 25 January 2024

Find out about a specific tree pest or disease, including its lifecycle, the type of damage it does, and what to do about it.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Updated: 20 October 2021

How to comply with the exemption from the Veterinary Medicines Regulations that allow certain animal medicines to be sold without an authorisation.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 5 February 2024

Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production and submission of the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and product literature mock-ups.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 29 April 2024

Sign up to receive the latest news on exotic notifiable animal disease outbreaks in Great Britain.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Updated: 9 December 2021

Find out about the process and costs to apply for Defra disinfectant approval.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 8 December 2022

How to keep farmed sheep, and your responsibilities for their health, housing and feed.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 15 August 2023

This document provides advice on owning a horse, pony, donkey or hybrid.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 16 April 2018

How to apply for approval for a suitably qualified person (SQP) retailer premises to sell or supply animal medicines.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 14 April 2020

How landowners and occupiers can assess the threat of ragwort on their land and control it.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 18 April 2011

Find out when and how to report a notifiable tree pest or disease in the UK, and information on services such as Tree Alert, TreeCheck and Observatree.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 26 September 2018

How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 9 October 2014

Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply for an authorisation to place a veterinary medicine on the UK market or part of, or to expire one.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 17 November 2022