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You can appeal against certain decisions made by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) that affect you.
The collection and processing of pig and poultry samples collected by food business operators at slaughter.
Learn about how the UK Managing Authority (UKMA) manage the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).
The process and criteria for the recovery of marine licence applications for decision by ministers.
Criteria applied by the VMD for accepting and agreeing the invented name of veterinary medicinal products.
The Veterinary Medicines Directorate may suspend or expire a licence to market an animal medicine if it fails to comply with the regulations.
Find out when and how to take samples for testing, and what happens if one of your flocks tests positive.
Guidance for competent authorities submitting a residue control plan and test results to Defra for exports of products of animal origin for human consumption to Great Britain.
Details of certificates issued under the Special Import System for the top ten veterinary medicines that were imported 1 Oct - 31 Dec 2023.
How to apply for simultaneous review of veterinary medicine submissions to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) and the VMD.
What you need to do as a veterinarian after the transition period.
Details of the VMD Corporate Priorities for 2024 - 2025.
This document gives an overview of progress made in the first 2 years of the programme.
Marketing Authorisations Veterinary Information Service (MAVIS) Hub edition 111.
Guidance for vets on botulism from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Tree health news is a newsletter with updates and insight on tree health. The Forestry Commission issues these newsletters by email.
Guidance on the various regulations surrounding the use of animals containing human material.
The VMD’s Objectives which relate to our Key Performance Indicators and activities.
Sole survivability in the English southeast inshore otter trawl fishery
A list of commodity codes that fall under the ban on dealing in ivory.
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