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The Food Standards Agency, in partnership with the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, have created guidance to help businesses produce cheesecake lower in calories, sugar, saturated fat and salt.
Technical information on the 2024 update of Standard Labour Requirement Coefficients used in the Farm Business Survey and the June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture, England.
Find out the features and issues that have been identified as priorities for funding in this area.
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Guidance for licensed operators to carry out controlled shooting of badgers in the field.
The consultation was launched on 15 December 2025 and closed on 09 February 2026. This page provides a summary of the consultation response, the main theme identified and the Food Standard Agency’s (FSA) response. Stakeholde…
This booklet shows how the technique of body condition scoring can contribute significantly to good husbandry and management of dairy cows.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in June 1988.
Article by Fraser Broadfoot of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate published in Vet Record.
Article by Amanda Carson published in Vet Record.
This guide explains Defra’s trade classifications, including Food, Feed & Drink (FFD), which group commodity codes into clear and meaningful categories. These classifications provide a consistent framework for analysing …
Images showing clinical signs and pathology of African swine fever.
What Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is and the controls we implement to prevent food from being contaminated by it.
Technical information on the 2025 update of calibration weighting methodology to the Farm Business Survey (FBS) in England
Guidance from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for dog owners and vets.
The risk to UK residents travelling to the affected areas is very low.
Guidance for vets on lungworm from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
How to spot Bacterial kidney disease (BKD), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Find out which premises are approved to Great Britain standards in the compartmentalisation scheme and get their approval numbers.
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