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Assurance Scheme Standards
Red Tractor Assurance Chicken Standards: Broilers & Poussin
Red Tractor Assurance Chicken Standards: Breeder Replacements
Red Tractor Assurance Chicken Standards: Breeder Laying
Red Tractor Assurance Chicken Standards: Hatchery
Red Tractor Assurance Chicken Standards: Free Range
Red Tractor Assurance Chicken Standards: Catching & Transportation
Red Tractor Assurance Turkey Standards
RSPCA Freedom Foods Standards – Chicken
RSPCA Freedom Foods standards – Hatcheries
RSPCA Freedom Foods Standards – Turkey
RSPCA Freedom Foods Standards – Laying Hens
RSPCA Freedom Foods Standards – Pullets
Duck Assurance Scheme Standards – Breeder Replacement
Duck Assurance Scheme Standards – Breeder Layers
Duck Assurance Scheme Standards – Hatcheries
Duck Assurance Scheme Standards – Table Birds
Duck Assurance Scheme Standards – Free Range Table Birds
Duck Assurance Scheme Standards – Egg Production
Codes of Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock
Meat Chickens and Breeding Chickens
Interim Guidance for keepers of conventionally reared meat chickens
On-Farm Welfare
Farm Fires – Protecting Farm Animal Welfare
Heat Stress in Poultry – Solving the Problem
A Guide to the Practical Management of Feather Pecking and Cannibalism in Free Range Laying Hens
The Welfare of Hens in Free Range Systems
Emergencies on Livestock Farms
Hatchery Welfare
HSA Code of Practice for the Disposal of chicks in Hatcheries (Available to purchase from the HSA)
Lairage
Guide to Alleviation of Thermal Stress in Poultry Lairage
Farm Animal Welfare Council Reports
FAWC Report on the Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter and Killing: Part Two White Meat Animals
Report on the Welfare of Turkeys
Report on the Welfare of Laying Hens
Report on the Welfare of Broiler Breeders
Biosecurity and Disease Control
Code of practice for prevention of rodent infestations in poultry flocks
Guide to National Control Programme for Salmonella in Laying Flocks
Guide to National Control Programme for Salmonella in Broiler Flocks
Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Salmonella in Chickens Reared for Meat
Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Salmonella in Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries
Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Salmonella in Commercial Egg Laying Flocks
The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 2007
Environment
Code of Practice for Using Plant Protection Products
Legislation – Animal Welfare
The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007
The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2010
The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2010 (Guide Notes)
The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006
The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995
The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulatsion 2007
EU Regulation on the protection of animals during transport and related operations
EU Animal By Products Regulation (ABPR) 1069/2009
The Animal By Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2011
EU Agricultural Marketing Regulations 1234/2007
The Poultrymeat (England) Regulations 2011
Veterinary Medicine and Vaccines
RUMA – Responsible Use of Antimicrobials in Poultry Production
RUMA – Responsible Use of Vaccines and Vaccinations in Poultry Production
VMD – Code of Practice on the Responsible Use of Animal Medicines on the Farm
HSE – Veterinary Medicines: Safe use by Farmers and Other Animal Handlers
Health & Safety
Safe use of rodenticides on farms and holdings
Codes of Practice – Egg Production
Code of Practice for the handling and storage of eggs from farm
to retail sale
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