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Read the guidance to help you claim payment for Countryside Stewardship agreements that started before 2025, and for capital items.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
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.
How to report, respond to and prevent an incident, including how to withdraw or recall unsafe food products.
Find out how to create a woodland management plan for grant and felling licence applications. This will help you plan and develop a sustainable woodland.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to notify the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
What livestock keepers must do when they intend to use someone else's land or buildings temporarily.
Print a template holding register to record sheep and goat tags, movements and deaths.
How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the import rules and inspection rate…
Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
Food safety management pack for small catering businesses such as restaurants and takeaways that serve Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan cuisines.
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.
Current cases of foot and mouth disease, trade restrictions and risk level.
What cattle keepers must record and report when they move cattle, bison or buffalo and the deadlines.
A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.
Find out the requirements for importing organic products and when you need a certificate of inspection (COI).
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.
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