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When and how to identify your kids and goats with tags.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
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 and when to identify pigs (livestock and pets) with ear tags, ear tattoos or slap marks so they can be traced.
Check the tariff classification for dried buffalo ears and dried beef meat scraped off from the throat, for use as animal feed.
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get sheep and goat ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 66:2019.
Use this form to report comments and concerns about ear tags, pastern bands or boluses used to identify cattle, sheep and goats.
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.
Cattle, sheep and goat ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get approval to make or modify ear tags, or supply an approved ear tag.
Cattle keepers must only buy ear tags from suppliers that have been approved by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
When and how to replace lost or damaged tags and what to record in your holding register.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
Manufacturers and suppliers of cattle ear tags must follow this code of practice.
Healthcare professionals can use this leaflet to answer parents' common questions on a babies' hearing loss in one ear.
Apply online to export insects and mites for biological controls of agricultural pests to Serbia.
Use this form to provide feedback on eartags you use to identify your sheep and goats.
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