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Check the definition of composite products and understand the import rules and restrictions, depending on the ingredients in your food product.
How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Posters to help you keep your birds safe from bird flu.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.
Map showing the local nature recovery strategy (LNRS) areas in England and the responsible authority who will lead the preparation of each strategy.
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
Find out how to import timber and wood material, including the documents, identity checks and plant health inspections required.
How to get a licence to breed dogs, and the conditions you must meet.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
Actions to be taken by Marketing Authorisation Holders in order to supply veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland from 1 January 2026.
How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
Use this service to estimate the cost of statutory biodiversity credits for a development.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
List of organisations that issue horse passports in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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