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Data from a 2015 survey carried out by the Food Standards Agency on non-stun slaughter of farm animals in England and Wales.
This is the 10th annual review of controls on imports of animal products, also known as Products Of Animal Origin (POAO).
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Apply online to export products of animal origin for animal consumption, including compound feeds, feed additives or feed supplements, to the USA.
If you're a laboratory or scientific institution, use this licence to hold tissue samples from wild birds and animals during investigations into offences.
Find out what animal by-products (material with animal content) you can use in a small scale compost heap and if your heap needs approval.
The Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) annual report describes the role and performance of the unit in 2012.
New measures will close existing loopholes exploited by unscrupulous breeders and traders
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Apply for premises approval to move animals covered by the Balai Directive.
FOI 9083 We have received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for full details of how many proposals were made under the Animals…
Guidance on completing your annual return of procedures.
Animal Welfare Committee assessment of the risks to animal welfare occurring as a result of COVID-19 controls; immediate and medium to longer term impacts.
Routine reports on confirmed cases of non-foodborne zoonoses reported in England and Wales.
Paper prepared by UK Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) on evidence for animal infections with SARS-CoV-2.
Get a licence to own dead species protected under annex 4 of the Habitats Directive for scientific or educational purposes.
FAWC advised the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales on the welfare of farmed animals.
This 2003 review by the Animal Procedures Committee addresses the adequacy of the current cost-benefit assessment performed in the course of…
Apply online for an export health certificate (EHC) to move chilled minced meat from sheep and goats from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to Northern Ireland
Get a licence to possess and transport dead specimens of certain plants and animals for scientific or educational purposes.
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