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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.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
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 outside of GB, including to Northern Ireland, what movement information to record and report.
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.
Guidance for suppliers and dealers.
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get cattle ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 44:2019.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get sheep and goat ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 66:2019.
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Judge Rupert Jones and Judge Ashley Greenbank on 12th June 2024
Historical and reference information on all the appraisal and modelling values referred to in the transport analysis guidance (TAG).
Use this form to report comments and concerns about ear tags, pastern bands or boluses used to identify cattle, sheep and goats.
What you must do when sheep and goats arrive for slaughter, including identification checks, and recording and reporting movements.
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