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Inspectors may visit your holding to check that you’re following the rules for cattle, bison and buffalo identification and record keeping.
You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.
How to register to become an ear tag manufacturer or supplier, and get new or modified ear tags approved.
What to do if any of your cattle, bison or buffalo are lost or stolen, and if you get them back.
What cattle keepers must do when they import or move cattle into England or Wales, including passport and ear tagging rules.
Apply for a cattle passport if you’re moving cattle into England or Wales from outside Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Use this form to get a user ID and password for Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Web Services.
Use this form to register with BCMS and get an ear tag manufacturer or supplier number.
Cattle, sheep and goat ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get approval to make or modify ear tags, or supply an approved ear tag.
Guidance for ear tag manufacturers and suppliers about bovine EID technical standards.
What an agent must do to communicate with the Cattle Tracing System on behalf of a keeper of cattle, bison or buffalo.
Farm software companies that have successfully passed testing for the Cattle Tracing Service (CTS) Web Services.
Guidance for ear tag manufacturers and suppliers about sheep and goat EID technical standards.
We maintain an online database of all bovine animals in Great Britain called the Cattle Tracing System (CTS).
How ear tag manufacturers and suppliers must get cattle ear tags tested to meet Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) 44:2019.
Manufacturers and suppliers of ear tags for sheep and goats must follow this code of practice.
Use this form to report comments and concerns about ear tags, pastern bands or boluses used to identify cattle, sheep and goats.
Manufacturers and suppliers of cattle ear tags must follow this code of practice.
The Beef Carcase Classification (BCC) scheme is the compulsory classification of beef carcases to an agreed standard so that a fair meat price can be set.
Sut i gydymffurfio â rheoliadau adnabod gwartheg wrth allforio gwartheg o'r DU.
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