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Check the definition of composite products and understand the import rules and restrictions, depending on the ingredients in your food product.
What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.
Guidance on health and identification marks that must be applied to products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, egg products, fish, cheese and milk.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
Novel foods authorisation requirements and what you need to submit as part of a novel food application.
Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin.
Check if a country or territory is approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
How to register and apply for approval as an animal feed business that makes, markets or uses animal feed.
How farm business tenants and landlords can claim compensation for improvements, terminate a tenancy and ask for a rent review.
Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
Teaching resources for catering students intended to promote understanding of food safety management and Safer Food Better Business (SFBB).
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
Find out what land details you need to register on the Rural Payments service to apply for rural payments.
What consumers need to know about glycerol and slush ice drinks.
Get permission to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
U10 exemption lets you spread certain wastes on agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
Food safety management pack for small catering businesses such as restaurants and takeaways that serve Chinese cuisine.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports and when you need to be authorised.
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