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Food and farming

Policy papers and consultations

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  • Consultation on whether England and Wales should change their Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) related livestock feed controls.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas in 2025.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Information on the government badger control costs for 2024 and previous years.

  • Seeking views on contractual practices in the combinable crops sector to understand how supply relationships between farmers and purchasers can be improved.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • The 4 nations response to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) market study into the UK infant and follow-on formula market.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • The Belém Declaration on Fertilisers urges for more to be done to enhance nutrient use efficiency and reduce emissions from fertiliser production.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • This contingency plan describes how the government will manage an outbreak or incident of exotic notifiable disease of animals in England.

  • Consultation on a proposed plant varieties and seeds framework for precision bred plant varieties in England.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • An update to the 2018 bovine tuberculosis strategy review led by Professor Sir Charles Godfray.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • This report provides an update on activities during the first year of the UK 5-year national action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2024 to 2029.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • This consultation seeks stakeholders’ views, comments and feedback in relation to regulated product applications considered in this document. Launch date: 28 August 2025 Respond by: 20 November 2025

  • The Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) seeks submissions on the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and India.

  • The powers, criteria and procedures the Secretary of State has to follow in considering pre-emptive (firebreak) culling in managing an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD).

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • How the government would manage suspect cases and outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Great Britain.

  • Towards a Good Food Cycle: a UK government food strategy for England, considering the wider UK food system.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Consultation pack for Mechanically Separated Meat (MSM) guidance.

  • Seeking views on proposed changes to how you’re allowed to catch (lift and carry) laying hens and meat chickens when loading and unloading for transport.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Consultation on proposals to introduce fairer food labelling to provide consumers with clearer information on where food comes from and how it's produced.

  • Information and data on operations to control bovine tuberculosis in parts of England in 2024.

  • The UK Chief Veterinary Officer’s advice on early termination intensive cull licences issued in 2021 and 2022 after 2 or 3 years.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government