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Consultations in food and farming

Consultations in this section cover the following topics:

  • Animal health and welfare
  • Farming
  • Fisheries
  • Food
  • Horticulture

Response column: when consultation responses are available in the library, L is added in this column; when a summary of responses is available on the website, S is added. See consultation notes for further information.

Consultation title Issued Deadline Response
Consultation on Net and Trap Licences and Authorisations 12 November 2009 5 February 2010  
Consultation on North West Sea Fisheries 12 November 2009 21 January 2010  
Consultation on amendments to legislation to allow lay vaccination of badgers against bovine tuberculosis 7 October 2009 Friday 8 January 2010  
Consultation on The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (England) Regulations 2009 18 September 2009 Friday 13 November 2009  
Amendment to the specified animal pathogens order (SAPO) 2008 4 September 2009 16 October 2009  
Consultation on the proposed Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (England) Regulations 2009 2 September 2009 2 December 2009  
Consultation on the implementation of Electronic Identification (EID) for Sheep and individual recording for Sheep and Goats 6 August 2009 31 August 2009  
Consultation on the Implementation of the UK National Control Programme for Turkeys 29 July 2009 23 September 2009  
Consultation on the possible release of a biocontrol agent to control Japanese knotweed 23 July 2009 19 October 2009  
Consultation on 2008 Annual Review of Defra’s Contingency Plan for Exotic Animal Diseases 30 June 2009 21 September 2009  
Consultation on Aquatic Animal Health – KHV Disease status for England and Wales 22 May 2009 17 August 2009 S
Consultation on Commission Proposal on the Review of the Fisheries Control Regulation 5 May 2009 24 June 2009 S
Consultation on proposals for welfare of racing greyhounds regulations 30 April 2009 22 July 2009 L
Consultation on the impact of the CAP Health Check reforms relating to the Single Payment Scheme and other direct payments 29 April 2009 22 July 2009 L S
Consultation on veterinary checks on rabies susceptible animals 27 April 2009 20 July 2009  
A new independent body for animal health: A modern governance and funding structure for tackling animal diseases 30 March 2009 30 June 2009 L S
Consultation on the implementation of Electronic Identification (EID) for Sheep and individual recording for Sheep and Goats 31 March 2009 23 June 2009  
Implementation of Directive 2007/33/EC: control of potato cyst nematodes (PCN) 27 March 2009 19 June 2009  
Changes to the Animals Act 1971 to clarify the application of strict liability to the keepers of animals 27 March 2009 19 June 2009 L S
Seed Certification Fee increase England and Wales 27 March 2009 19 June 2009 L
Consultation on the Implementation of the Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2009 13 March 2009 24 April 2009 L S
Environmental Standards in Farming - Consultation on proposed changes to standards in cross compliance Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) and related measures in England 4 March 2009 27 May 2009 L S
Consultation on the implementation and enforcement of the EC Marketing Standards in fresh fruit and vegetables as revised by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1221/2008 27 February 2009 24 April 2009 L S
Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority District Boundaries 28 January 2009 22 April 2009 L S
Consultation on the proposal for a Council regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing 27 January 2009 20 April 2009 L S
Consultation on new Regulations and code for Meat Chicken Welfare 26 January 2009 20 April 2009 L S
Consultation on the implementation of the CAP Health Check milk quota increases 20 January 2009 27 February 2009 L S
Modernisation of salmon and freshwater fisheries legislation; new order to address the passage of fish 16 January 2009 10 April 2009 S
Consultation on the implementation in England of The EU School Milk Scheme 18 November 2008 10 February 2009 L S
Consultation on the Review of the Animal By-Products Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 13 November 2008 6 February 2009 L S
Consultation on the Codes of Practice for the Control of Salmonella in Animal Feeds 7 November 2008 30 January 2009  
Consultations on plans to implement Council Directive 92/119/EEC on the control of Swine Vesicular Disease 4 November 2008 6 February 2009  
Code of Practice for the Welfare of Equines 4 November 2008 31 December 2008  

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