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Guidance on tests and inspections for producers, processors, importers and sellers of organic food, feed and seed.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Find out how to carry out a processing test, which is part of validation for continuous animal by-product processing facilities.
Protocols and procedures for testing the value for cultivation or use (VCU) of agricultural crops.
Guidance on the Genetic Modification Inspectorate (GMI) seed audit programme for companies in England that import, produce or market seed.
Find out how to take samples from processed ABPs and find laboratories to test them, and what to do if one of your samples fails a test.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you breed turkeys, and what happens if a flock tests positive.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
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.
How to register as a producer, and the rules you must follow to produce and market bottled drinking water.
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