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October 2024

25 October 2024

The following In-depth Guides have been reviewed and updated where necessary. Unless otherwise specified, the updates apply to England, Scotland and Wales.

Anthrax
Business scams
Bovine viral diarrhoea (E&W)
Calves at market
Car boot sales (E&W)
Date and lot marking of prepacked food
Displaying prices in hotels etc
Fallen stock and the disposal of animal by-products
Feed hygiene for farmers and growers (W)
Feed hygiene for transporters and hauliers (W)
Fireworks: age restrictions
Fireworks: storage and supply
Food hygiene for farmers and growers
Goats: identification, records and movement
Herbal medicine and health food shops (E&W)
Identification and movement of pigs (E)
Labelling and describing organic food
Labelling of footwear
Labelling of fruit and vegetables (E&W)
Labelling of honey
Labelling of prepacked foods: QUID (S)
Labelling of prepacked-for-direct-sale foods (S)
Licensing of animal activities (E&W)
Livestock markets
Part-worn tyres
Rabies
Registration and records of poultry and other captive birds (E&W)
Responsible animal / pet ownership
Sale and delivery of oil and gas
Selling alcohol in licensed premises
Selling and supplying goods
Selling solid fuel and wood fuel
Sheep: identification, records and movement
Supplying services
Supplying surplus food and co-products as feed (S&W)
Tobacco and vapes (E&W)
Units of measurement
Weighing and measuring fish
Weighing and measuring meat
Weighing equipment for legal use

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