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VMD Published Standards for regulatory work 2021-2022 against Key performance indicators (KPIs)
Focus article by Paul Duff, Caroline Fenemore, Paul Holmes, Beverley Hopkins, Jeff Jones, Maggie He, David Everest and Mari Rochi, published in Vet Record.
Setting alternative objectives to the Water Framework Directive default water body status objectives.
Data limitations for the Surveillance Intelligence Unit (SIU) dashboards.
Natural England's terms and conditions for buying statutory biodiversity credits.
Find out how to import live amphibians of the order Caudata (salamanders and newts)
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and treating litter, straw, slurry and washwater in a location where an animal disease outbreak has been identified by the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
User guide to Home Office statistics of scientific procedures on living animals.
This document sets out the broad governance framework within which the VMD and Defra operate.
This document sets down how inspection and approval is carried out in the United Kingdom.
How maritime ports and commercial operators in England can apply for funding from the Animal Biosecurity Infrastructure Fund to build border control posts for live animal imports.
Guidance on the Batch Release Request scheme for an immunological veterinary medicine to be placed on the UK market.
Apply for a licence to take and mark badgers to enable vaccination to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) in cattle.
The process and criteria for the recovery of marine licence applications for decision by ministers.
Details of certificates issued under the Special Import System for the top ten veterinary medicines that were imported 1 April to 30 June 2024.
Details of certificates issued under the Special Import System for the top ten veterinary medicines that were imported 1 April to 30 June 2025.
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.
The process for the simultaneous review of veterinary medicine submissions by New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the UK's Veterinary Medicines Directorate.
Guidance to the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on moving goods from NI to GB under unfettered access arrangements and placing qualifying NI goods on the GB market.
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