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What to do if you have an electronic tag (including curfew tags, location tags and alcohol tags) and how to contact the Electronic Monitoring Service (EMS).
When and how to identify your kids and goats with tags.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
When and how to replace lost or damaged tags and what to record in your holding register.
What tags to use when exporting or moving sheep and goats to the EU or Northern Ireland, what to record in your holding register, and how to report the movement.
How to order official cattle ear tags, what to do if your animal is untagged, its tags have been damaged or it has been tagged incorrectly.
When and how to tag sheep and goats imported into England, what to record in your holding register and how to report the movement.
Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
How to return tagged fish and shellfish, how much you get paid and what information to include.
How and when to identify pigs (livestock and pets) with ear tags, ear tattoos or slap marks so they can be traced.
Transport analysis guidance (TAG) provides information on the role of transport modelling and appraisal.
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get sheep and goat ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 66:2019.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
The rules you must follow to make sure deer can be traced to help prevent and contain disease.
What you must do when sheep and goats arrive for slaughter, including identification checks, and recording and reporting movements.
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get cattle ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 44:2019.
How to register to become an ear tag manufacturer or supplier, and get new or modified ear tags approved.
What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
List of sheep and goat tag suppliers approved by the Rural Payments Agency.
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