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Abigail Seager has been appointed as Defra’s new Chief Executive of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Licences and conditions relating to licensed actions on or around protected sites.
Mexican market is now open for British pork for the first time, which means a potential boost of £50m over the first five years of trade.
bTB-positive alpaca known as 'Geronimo' has been euthanised to prevent the spread of disease.
Government Chemist's foreword to Defra’s Authenticity Methodology Working Group’s view on the use of Next Generation Sequencing for food authenticity testing
Government Chemist contributes to Food Standards Agency food hypersensitivity research horizon scanning exercise
New rules on maximum journey times and more headroom will raise welfare of farm animals during transport.
Product defect recall alert for: Lydaxx 100 mg/ml solution for injection for cattle, pigs and sheep (EU/2/20/253/003) by Vetoquinol UK Ltd.
Product defect recall alert for: Ketofen 10% Solution for Injection (Vm 15052/4146) by Ceva Animal Health Ltd.
Gower Salt Marsh Lamb has today officially joined the club of UK’s most iconic products.
Ministers announce intention to remove VI-1 certification requirements for imported wine
Defra has issued notices for traders on importing Goods from the EU, an updated Border Operating Model and the Northern Ireland Protocol
Second webinar in the Quarterly Webinar Series of the Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Food Standards and Food Safety Analysis on 16 June
Environment Secretary George Eustice and Health Secretary Sajid Javid have outlined plans for daily contact testing for the food and drink industries.
Cattle in Lincolnshire are wearing new smart collars to help improve precious sand dune habitats.
The Government Chemist conference took place on 23 - 24 June 2021 as a virtual event
Summary report on the Government Chemist 2021 Conference “Safe food for tomorrow’s world” which took place online on 23 and 24 June
The presentations from the 2021 Government Chemist Conference, Safe food for tomorrow's world, are available below.
Tailored business support for farmers during the agricultural transition period.
Letters from the Rt Hon George Eustice giving notice that the recognition of established EEA and EU natural mineral waters will end on 7 January 2022.
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