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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.
Product Recall for 3M™ Peltor™ X-series P5 Over the Ear Earmuffs (helmet attached) presenting a health risk.
Use this form to register with BCMS and get an ear tag manufacturer or supplier number.
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get sheep and goat ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 66:2019.
How and when to identify pigs (livestock and pets) with ear tags, ear tattoos or slap marks so they can be traced.
Use this form to report comments and concerns about ear tags, pastern bands or boluses used to identify cattle, sheep and goats.
Cattle, sheep and goat ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get approval to make or modify ear tags, or supply an approved ear tag.
How to register to become an ear tag manufacturer or supplier, and get new or modified ear tags approved.
Cattle keepers must only buy ear tags from suppliers that have been approved by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get cattle ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 44:2019.
When and how to replace lost or damaged tags and what to record in your holding register.
Healthcare professionals can use this leaflet to answer parents' common questions on a babies' hearing loss in one ear.
Find out how you should prepare for a telephone or video court or tribunal hearing and what to expect on the day.
Use this form to provide feedback on eartags you use to identify your sheep and goats.
Manufacturers and suppliers of cattle ear tags must follow this code of practice.
The rules you must follow to make sure deer can be traced to help prevent and contain disease.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
How cattle ear tag manufacturers and suppliers get a welfare assessment of ear tags, and what’s required in the assessment.
Use these log sheets to record and review equipment use in local Newborn Hearing Screening Programmes (NHSP).
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