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To sell official ear tags for cattle, sheep or goats, manufacturers and suppliers must be registered and their tags must be approved. Manufacturers and suppliers must also apply for approval to modify ear tags.

What you must record in your holding register (also known as a herd register or farm records), when you must do this and what you can use for your records.

What cattle keepers must do when they import or move cattle into England or Wales, including passport and ear tagging rules.

What cattle keepers must do with the barcode labels sent by the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) and how to get more if you run out.

How to get a county parish holding (CPH) number for land or buildings you’ll use to keep livestock (including those kept as pets), what to do with it and how to update your details.

Guidance for ear tag manufacturers and suppliers about completing cattle ear tag welfare assessments

Use this form to report comments and concerns about ear tags, pastern bands or boluses used to identify cattle, sheep and goats.

Code of practice which manufacturers and suppliers of ear tags for cattle must follow.

What cattle keepers must do when they import or move cattle into England or Wales, including passport and ear tagging rules.

Guidance for ear tag manufacturers and suppliers about how to get official approval for cattle ear tags

Use this form to apply for a replacement cattle passport from the British Cattle Movement Service.

Use this form to apply for a replacement cattle passport from the British Cattle Movement Service.

How to register or re-register your holding with the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), what happens next and what to do if your details change.

What you need to do when you send cattle, bison or buffalo to a slaughterhouse.

What to do if any of your cattle, bison or buffalo are lost or stolen, and if you get them back.

Cattle keepers can use a continuation sheet when they need more space to record movements in a cattle passport.

What cattle keepers must do with the barcode labels sent by the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) and how to get more if you run out.

How to get a county parish holding (CPH) number for land you’ll use to keep livestock, what to do with it and how to update your CPH details.

When cattle die on the farm or at another premises, rather than at slaughter, the keeper must record and report the death to the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS).

Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.

This guidance gives information for farmers and land managers whose land has been flooded.

Guidance for ear tag manufacturers and suppliers about how to get official approval for sheep and goat ear tags

Code of practice which manufacturers and suppliers of ear tags for sheep and goats must follow.

Use this form to apply for approval for a new ear tag or apply for approval to modify an existing ear tag.