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Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
How to report, respond to and prevent an incident, including how to withdraw or recall unsafe food products.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
Check the requirements you must follow under your Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement for the SFI expanded offer or re-opened offer for 2024.
How to register and apply for approval as an animal feed business that makes, markets or uses animal feed.
What cattle keepers must record and report when they move cattle, bison or buffalo and the deadlines.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
Food allergy and intolerance advice for consumers
Legal requirements that you have to follow as a food business.
How to import or move live animals and germinal products from the EU to Great Britain.
Read about the requirements and procedures you will need to follow, and how you will need to manage your agreement once you're an agreement holder.
Find an approved UK border control post (BCP) to check the animals, animal products or high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) in your consignment.
Different food additives and advice on regulations and the safety of additives in food.
This guidance is intended to support individuals interested in conducting a field trial, including the application submission process.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
What livestock keepers must do when they intend to use someone else's land or buildings temporarily.
Check the definition of composite products and understand the import rules and restrictions, depending on the ingredients in your food product.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
Read the guidance to help you claim payment for Countryside Stewardship agreements that started before 2025, and for capital items.
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