Extended producer responsibility for packaging: register and pay the fee

Details of how organisations who are responsible under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging register with the environmental regulators, and the registration fees.




Guidance: Yellow-legged hornet, also known as Asian hornet: laboratory confirmed UK sightings

Annual laboratory confirmed UK sightings of the yellow-legged hornet, also known as Asian hornet (Vespa velutina).




Hold a bird gathering in England

What counts as a bird gathering, and how to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency.




Guidance: Animals, animal products and HRFNAO imports: authorised border control posts in the UK

Find an approved UK border control post (BCP) to check the animals, animal products or high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) in your consignment.




Trade barrier busters deliver nearly £100m boost for British food and drink

British food and drink sector sees nearly £100m in export opportunities unlocked as agri-food attachés resolve more than 40 trade barriers so far in 2025