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Details of how to report fishing activities, codes for different reports and common species, and extra details for vessel fishing in Norway.
Importing products of animal origin (POAO) or fishery products has potential hazards, which businesses should be aware of.
Guidance on licensing, labelling, packaging, chemical safety when importing cooking oils.
Guidance on licensing, labelling, packaging, chemical safety when importing cereals.
Defra has produced the following guidance for IFCAs to help them understand and fulfil their role.
Food additives authorisation requirements and what you need to submit as part of your application.
Here you’ll find everything you need to run a food business in Northern Ireland. We’ve provided links to allergen and dietary information, regulatory and food hygiene advice, healthy catering guidance - and so much more. You…
Register for licences to cage-trap and mark badgers (Meles meles) for vaccinating them against bovine tuberculosis (TB) to help prevent the spread of disease.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Premises approved as assembly centres to export or move livestock to the EU and Northern Ireland.
The role of National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) and details of the UK and Northern Ireland (NI) NRLs for food and feed testing
What local planning authorities and developers should consider for development proposals and how to use agricultural land classification (ALC).
Sets out details of our new web-based interactive map showing registered locations of TB breakdowns.
Information to help businesses prepare for a new approach to importing goods to Great Britain under the Border Target Operating Model.
Information on the Border Notifications and the Border Notifications Dashboard, part of the IPAFFS system, detailing import checks and public health safeguards around food safety at the GB border.
How to keep farmed sheep, and your responsibilities for their health, housing and feed.
How to spot contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Find out how you could do the SFI action for moorland.
All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area VII crab and scallop fishing sector to keep the fishery within UK effort limits.
How vets can submit samples to APHA laboratory testing services and prices for these services.
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