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From 1 July all caviar sold in the UK must display labels approved by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). [Read more]
The Animals & Animal Products (Import & Export) (Laboratories, Circuses & Avian Quarantine) Regulation 2007 comes into force on 1st July 2007. [Read more]
From 22 May 2007 the trade of bovine semen in England is governed by the Bovine Semen (England) Regulations 2007. [Read more]
Defra has today published the final epidemiology report into the outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in Suffolk confirmed in February 2007. [Read more]
From 1 April the State Veterinary Service (SVS), an executive agency of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), will change its name to Animal Health... [Read more]
With effect from 9 April 2007, Animal Health will cease all brucellosis surveillance periodic blood testing, meaning that cattle will no longer be routinely blood sampled every two years and tested for brucellosis... [Read more]