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A wide range of free information for beekeepers, to help keep their honey bees healthy and productive.
A comprehensive guide to EU food contaminants legislation and residue limits for food industry professionals.
Rapid access to pesticide approvals, label information and pesticide MRLs.
Pest and disease identification services for horticultural and agricultural crops, garden plants and plant-based products.
Hands-on laboratory based training in fit-for-purpose analytical techniques for food safety.
Fera is the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for the UK and for Malta for for chemical contaminants in food and animal feed, pesticides and veterinary drug residues.
Fera provides Defra with GM inspection and enforcement services for the deliberate release of GMOs.
Tools and information for those working to support the GB Invasive Non-native Species Framework Strategy.
Advice, guidance and management support to those with responsibilities for decontamination operations.
FAPAS, FEPAS, Gemma, Leap and Phytopas are proficiency testing schemes for laboratories worldwide to assess their proficiency in chemical and microbiological analysis.
Online registration for all plant health inspection services relating to the import and export of plants, plant pests, plant produce and, soil and growing media in England and Wales.
Online applications for seed certification in England.
Searchable data from the pesticide usage surveys commissioned by the independent Advisory Committee on Pesticides.
Information on how to report suspected pesticide poisoning of animals, or evidence of illegal pesticide use that may endanger an animal.
Information sourced from monitoring sites located across the country and reports up to date measurements of crop pest and disease activity in arable crops throughout England.
Background information on the legislation and procedures in place for issuing of licences to release non-native biocontrol agents in England under Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
The National Collection of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria houses virtually all known bacterial plant pathogens of importance to the Agricultural and Horticultural sectors. Strains are supplied freeze dried in glass ampoules and also as live cultures on agar for diagnostic, research, and Industrial applications.
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