Guidance: Bird flu: rules on meat produced from poultry and farmed game birds originating in disease control zones
Rules food businesses should follow for any meat produced from poultry or farmed game birds originating within a disease control zone.
Press release: Increased government funding to boost farming productivity
More than £168m to drive innovation, improve productivity and support animal health and welfare through greener equipment, robotics and automation.
News story: Bird flu – latest media updates: all poultry and captive birds to be housed until further notice
All bird keepers must house their birds until further notice to keep their birds safe from avian influenza.
Research: Genetically Modified Organisms: Rothamsted Research (23/R08/01)
Inviting representation on an application from Rothamsted Research to release a genetically modified organism. Reference 23/R08/01.
Statistics: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – Statistics at Defra
We publish national and official statistics relating to the environment, rural communities, food, farming and biosecurity.