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  • Use this code to help you follow the rules when you produce or use sewage sludge in agriculture.

  • Guidance on tests and inspections for producers, processors, importers and sellers of organic food, feed and seed.

  • What you must do to carry out a risk assessment if you're a farmer applying for a bespoke permit for intensive farming.

  • How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.

  • This legally binding Order, which is enforced by Defra, comes into force 1 October 2012.

  • Technical information, notes and guidance on the farm business survey.

  • Marketing standards for hatching egg and chick producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.

  • How to get approval for operating plants handling or processing meat in England and Wales.

  • What farmers and land managers must know about slurry separators, storing and applying separated materials.

  • You need to tell the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) if the structure of your business is changing.

  • How to spot infectious salmon anaemia (ISA), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.

  • How to spot Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.

  • Guidance for the operators of slaughterhouses in England on how to comply with the rules on the mandatory use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV).

  • You must batch and label the beef and veal you sell or supply according to specific rules, which vary from product to product.

  • Information for farmers about inspections the Environment Agency carries out on pig and poultry farm structures, records and, maintenance and management plans.

  • How to spot Bonamia ostreae, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.

  • Rules for exporting or moving organic food, feed and seed from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.

  • The school milk scheme will support milk distribution to children of school age throughout the UK. Participation in the scheme is optional for individual schools.

  • Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.

  • This notice is to inform you of the Imports of Garlic from China under Statutory Instrument No.2020/1432