Licences and permits
The permissions a business needs before it can trade, each one tied to the law that creates it and to the body that issues it. We point at GOV.UK for fees and forms, and never copy them.
25 of 426 licences for Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale
Choose from all 48 activities
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Animal by-products approval (Northern Ireland)
How to register for processing, storing, disposing or transporting animal by-products.
Your council · Northern Ireland
Animal products import licence (Northern Ireland)
You need a licence to import animal products into Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland
Application to register a milk production holding (England and Wales)
Register a milk production facility in England and Wales with the Food Standards Authority (FSA).
Your council · England and Wales
Approval of operating plants handling or processing meat (Northern Ireland)
Get approval from the FSA or District Council to operate meat handling and processing plants - Northern Ireland
Your council · Northern Ireland
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Fish dealer licence (Northern Ireland)
You need a licence to sell or expose for sale, salmon, trout, eels, pike or pollen in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland
Food premises approval (Scotland)
Get a licence for handling meat, fish, egg or dairy products.
Your council · Scotland
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Import honey bees (Northern Ireland)
You must notify DAERA if you import honeybees into Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland
International road freight operators licence (Northern Ireland)
You need a licence to carry goods (by vehicle) for payment on international journeys
Your council · Northern Ireland
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Licence to import live crustaceans (Scotland)
You need to tell the Fish Research Services if you import live crustaceans from within the EU
Scottish Government · Scotland
Livestock market approval (Northern Ireland)
You need approval from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs if you want to operate a livestock market in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland
Local authority environmental permits (England and Wales)
Permit to carry out Part A(2) or Part B activities or run a Part A(2) or Part B installation or mobile plant.
Your council · England and Wales
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Slaughterer in Food Standards Agency (FSA) approved slaughterhouses (England, Wales)
You need a full or temporary Certificate of Competence to perform many of the tasks required in a slaughterhouse.
Welsh Government · England and Wales
Specified risk material authorisation (Scotland)
You need authorisation from the Food Standards Agency to remove specified risk material at a slaughterhouse or cutting plant in Scotland
Scottish Government · Scotland
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Weighbridge operator certificate
Contact your council for a certificate of competence to operate a chargeable weighbridge
Your council · England, Wales and Scotland
Weighbridge operator's certificate (Northern Ireland)
You need a certificate of competence to operate a public weighbridge for which a charge is made in Northern Ireland
Your council · Northern Ireland
Wool Marketing Board registration
You need to register with the British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) if you produce wool with 4 or more sheep
DEFRA · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Where GOV.UK lists a licence separately for each nation, it appears here once with a link to each nation's version. They are separate licences in law, often resting on different legislation.
We have not yet mapped an enabling instrument for 7 licences on this list. That is a gap in our graph, not a statement about the law, and those pages say so rather than guessing.
Checking approvals more broadly?
A licence is one of several things you may need before your first day of trading. The pre-trading quick check walks the registrations, insurances and approvals alongside it.
Not sure which of these apply to you?
Our guides on finding a licence and dealing with your local council walk through the questions that decide it.