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When and how you need to register your item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
Find bird flu disease control zones and the rules you must follow in each zone.
Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Guidance for exporters in EU and non-EU countries on how to complete health certificates to export animals and animal products to Great Britain.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
How to get a flock or herd mark for livestock (including those kept as pets) and keep your registered details up to date.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports, when you need to be authorised and plants that need passports.
What you need to do to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.
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…
A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.
Details of approved and registered animal by-product (ABP) operating plants in Great Britain and the Channel Islands.
Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
What you must do to bring your pet to the UK from Ukraine if you are seeking refuge.
Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
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