Guidance and regulation

Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports to Great Britain.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 30 April 2024

Official vets and inspectors in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to certify export health certificates.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 7 November 2023

Exporters in England, Scotland and Wales: register or sign in to EHC online to apply for an export health certificate.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 7 November 2023

How to get an export health certificate to export or move live animals and animal products from Great Britain to the EU, Northern Ireland or non-EU countries.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 2 others
• Updated: 16 April 2024

How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 2 others
• Updated: 30 April 2024

How to report sheep and goat movements to the Livestock Information Service.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 4 September 2023

When and how to complete your annual sheep and goat inventory and how to submit it.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 16 November 2023

How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 5 August 2022

Find bird flu disease control zones and the rules you must follow in each zone.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 4 July 2023

Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 6 October 2021

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

• From: British Cattle Movement Service
• Updated: 18 March 2024

How to get a flock or herd mark for livestock (including those kept as pets) and keep your registered details up to date.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 15 June 2023

What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 4 September 2023

A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Updated: 29 April 2024

Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), known as ‘landbridge’ movements.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 2 May 2024

Where Great Britain will accept verifiable PDF GB health certificates from, to import live animals and animal products through TRACES or other systems.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 1 May 2024

What cattle keepers must record and report when they move cattle, bison or buffalo and the deadlines.

• From: British Cattle Movement Service and 1 others
• Updated: 8 November 2022

The tests you must arrange for bovine TB, what happens if your cattle test positive, when cattle must be slaughtered, and compensation.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 14 February 2024

When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 1 June 2014

Service for Marketing Authorisation Holders, Manufacturers and Wholesalers.

• From: Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Updated: 16 September 2020