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Use this service to report using the BTV-3 vaccine in England or Wales.
Use this guidance to find the risk category and inspection rate for imports of live animals and animal products from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to Great Britain.
The tables on this page provide an overview of how products of animal…
The tables on this page provide an overview of how animal by-products…
Live animals and germinal products imported from the EU are categorised as…
Hay and straw imported from the EU is categorised as medium risk under the…
Find out which licence and fuel you need for agricultural vehicles and which tax and operator's licence exemptions might apply to you.
Register and manage your access to EHC Online using Government Gateway and your Defra account.
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…
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
Guidance for exporters in England, Scotland and Wales on applying for an export health certificate.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.
Criteria for the Environment Agency to use when enforcing the Farming Rules for Water, particularly for autumn and winter applications of organic manures.
Find out how much nitrogen you can use on your land and how to plan and record your fertiliser use in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
The U10 exemption allows you to spread specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
Details of control bodies approved to certify organic food in the UK.
Collection of guidance for moving plants and seeds for planting, used agricultural and forestry machinery, and seed potatoes from GB to NI using the NIPHL scheme.
How farm business tenants and landlords can claim compensation for improvements, terminate a tenancy and ask for a rent review.
Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
How to provide enough storage and keep storage records of organic manures in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
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