Farming

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• Agriculture: Guidance for businesses

  Guidance for farmers about keeping crops safe, including mycotoxins and managing farm manures

• Animal feed

  Animal feed plays an important part in the food chain and has implications for the composition and quality of the livestock products (milk, meat and eggs) that people consume. The Food Standards Agency is responsible for drawing up the rules on the composition and marketing of animal feed.

• Cleaner animals

  Hygiene standards for acceptable and unacceptable levels of cleanliness for cattle and sheep being presented for slaughter and benefits of good biosecurity on broiler farms.

• Dairy products: Guidance for businesses

  Guidance on dairy products including milk and cheese for the dairy industry.

• Fish and shellfish

  Guidance and information for the hygienic production of fish and shellfish.

• Food chain information

  The EU food hygiene legislation requires slaughterhouse operators to request, receive, check and act upon food chain information (FCI) for all animals sent for slaughter for human consumption.

• Information for primary producers

  Your questions answered on how hygiene legislation affects you.

• Meat and livestock guidance

  Guidance notes for meat and livestock regulations

• Veterinary medicines

  The Food Standards Agency ensures that food safety is given high priority during the authorisation and monitoring of veterinary medicines.

• Wild game guide: a guide to food hygiene legislation

  The guide is for people who shoot wild game and supply it either in-fur or in-feather or as small quantities of wild game meat. It gives information on hygiene regulations and ways to make sure meat is safe to eat.