Guidance

Anthrax: assessing risk of anthrax on building land

Background on anthrax in England and Wales, and how to assess building land for risk of anthrax.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 18 September 2014
• Last updated: 15 July 2025
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  1. 15 July 2025

     Rebranded page to UKHSA. No change to content.

  2. 17 October 2014

     Revised para 2, p6 revised following user feedback; updated BSI reference p9; FWE lab details p10 removed at lab request.

  3. 18 September 2014

     First published.

Applies to England and Wales

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Assessing risk of anthrax on building land

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If building work is to take place in areas for which there is documented evidence of a confirmed case of anthrax in livestock, the site can be sampled and specimens sent for analysis for anthrax spores.