On farm slaughter facility authorisation
How to apply for authorisation to carry out on farm slaughter of farmed game and poultry
Business guidance
Alternative sanitation of cutting tools
Guidance on use of alternative sanitation systems for the disinfection of cutting tools in slaughterhouses and game handling establishments.
Manual for official controls
Legal requirements and standards for approved meat establishments.
Official Veterinary appointment
How to apply to be an Official Veterinarian and their role
Supply of Qurbani Meat and Offal During Eid al-Adha
Joint statement by the Partnership Working Group Sub-Group to facilitate the supply of Qurbani meat and offal to the Muslim community during Eid al-Adha 2024 in England and Wales.
Legal requirements for meat establishments
Descriptions of the legal requirements from each regulation that applies to meat establishments.
Definitions of meat establishment activities
Activities that can be carried out on a meat establishment premises once approved.
Raw drinking milk guidance
Guidance for food businesses on selling, sampling and testing raw drinking milk, including information on tuberculosis and raw cows' drinking milk.
Charges for controls in meat premises
How we charge for activities carried out by us in meat premises.
Slaughter licensing
How to get the required licensing to slaughter animals in a meat establishment.
Animal welfare
We maintain regular checks on slaughterhouses in the UK, to ensure that they comply with animal welfare regulations.
Food chain information
Guidance if you are intending to slaughter animals for human consumption or as food for other animals.
Managing farm manures for food safety
Guidance for growers of ready-to-eat crops. The guidance explains how to manage farm manures by developing safety plans that will reduce the risks of microbiological contamination of ready-to-eat crops.
Auditing approved meat establishments
How we audit your meat premises and what you need to know as a food business owner.
Specified risk material removal and cutting plant authorisation
What specified risk material is, how to remove it from your livestock and the authorisation required for cutting plants to carry it out
Cleaner cattle and sheep
Standards for acceptable and unacceptable levels of cleanliness for cattle and sheep that are slaughtered.
Other
Supply of Qurbani Meat and Offal during Eid al-Adha in England and Wales full consultation
Full consultation on the chilling requirements changes of Qurbani meat and offal supplied from slaughterhouses in England and Wales during the period of Eid al-Adha.
Consumer guidance
Raw drinking milk
Information for anyone who is already consuming or is considering consuming raw drinking milk or products made from raw milk.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
What Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is and the controls we implement to prevent food from being contaminated by it.
Home slaughter of livestock
Legal requirements and guidance for home slaughter.