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.

8 of 426 licences in Scotland for Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale

Choose from all 48 activities

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Food irradiation licence (Scotland)

You need a licence if you manufacture food and treat it with irradiation in Scotland

Scottish Government · Scotland

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

Food premises approval (Scotland)

Get a licence for handling meat, fish, egg or dairy products.

Your council · Scotland

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

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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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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

Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale · Fisheries

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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

Agriculture: animals · Animal products: manufacturing and wholesale

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Venison dealer licence (Scotland)

You need a venison dealer licence if you want to sell or exchange venison in Scotland

Your council · Scotland

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 1 licence 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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