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Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Fees for testing animals for disease for export purposes, importing captive birds and Animal Breeding Control (ABC).
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
Allocation coefficients and decision
Find out about the Fruit and Vegetables Scheme.
How to spot lumpy skin disease, what to do if you suspect it and how to prevent it spreading.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
How to submit release notices and marketing notices for precision bred plants, and rules you must follow when releasing the plants.
Find out what IPM is and how to apply it on your land.
Find out about extensions for CS Mid Tier agreements due to end in December 2025.
Find out the requirements for importing organic products and when you need a certificate of inspection (COI).
The signs of foot and mouth disease, what to do if you suspect it in your animals and measures to prevent its spread.
Calculate the annual nitrogen and phosphorus emissions from your livestock. Report the data to the Environment Agency.
Slaughterhouses that slaughter an average of 2,000 or more sheep per week must register with RPA and follow the rules on classifying carcases.
Access APHA reports, videos, publications and data on livestock, wildlife and small animals in England and Wales.
Outlines the provisions of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021, and provides assistance in understanding and applying them.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
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