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.

11 of 426 licences in England for Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale

Choose from all 48 activities

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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

Agriculture: animals · Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale

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Goods vehicle operator licences

You need a goods vehicle operator’s licence if your business uses a goods vehicle with either a gross plated weight (the maximum weight that …

Traffic Commissioners · England, Wales and Scotland

Any trade

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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

Any trade

Local authority food establishment approval (England)

Approval is required for certain food establishments that handle products of animal origin, such as meat, fish, egg, dairy products, and processed products of …

Your council · England

Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale · Food and drink: wholesale, manufacturing and production · Hospitality, restaurants, bars and catering

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Notification of imports of live shellfish from within the EU (England & Wales)

You need to give notification to the Fish Health Inspectorate to import live shellfish from within the European Union

DEFRA · England and Wales

Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale · Fisheries

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Operator of approved slaughter house RPA notification (England)

If you become an operator of an approved slaughterhouse you must notify the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) in writing within 28 days of starting …

Your council · England

Agriculture: animals · Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale

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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

Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale · Food and drink: wholesale, manufacturing and production

Specific risk material authorisation (England)

Your slaughterhouse must be authorised by the Food Standards Agency to remove specific risk material (SRM)

FSA · England

Agriculture: animals · Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale

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The Beef Carcase Classification scheme: work as a classifier

The Beef Carcase Classification (BCC) scheme is the compulsory classification of beef carcases to an agreed standard so that a fair meat price can …

RPA · England and Wales

Agriculture: animals · Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale · Food and drink: wholesale, manufacturing and production

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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

Any trade

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

Agriculture: animals · Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale · Retail: manufacturing and wholesale

We have not yet mapped an enabling instrument for 3 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.

Run the pre-trading quick check

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.

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