Guidance: Official veterinary surgeon (OVS) notes
Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin. read more
Energy & Environment
Guidance: Official veterinary surgeon (OVS) notes
Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin. read more
Research: Genetically Modified Organisms release: herpes virus of Turkey and avian influenza virus (25/R58/01)
Details of the consent for Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to release a genetically modified organism, reference 25/R58/01. read more
Statutory guidance: The Plant Varieties Act (Amendment) Regulations 2026
This Statutory Instrument amends the definition of a small farmer in section 9(10) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997. read more
Guidance: Bird flu: rules on meat produced from poultry and farmed game birds originating in disease control zones
Rules food businesses should follow for any meat produced from poultry or farmed game birds originating within a disease control zone. read more