Do I need to register?
If your business carries out any of the following then it is likely that the legislation applies to you and you should be registered:
Manufacturing animal feeds
Marketing animal feeds
Importing animal feeds
Storing animal feeds
Transporting animal feeds and grain
Selling co-products of the food industry as feeds
Carrying out on-farm mixing
Feeding food-producing animals
Growing crops to be used as animal feeds
Carrying out other controlled activities
To apply for registration you can complete the Application Form or contact Trading Standards, County Offices, Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4RQ, should you require any assistance.
Tel: 01539 713594 Fax: 01539 713580 Email: trading.standards@cumbria.gov.uk
Animal Feed Registration
The Feed Hygiene Regulations apply to businesses that manufacture, use or market animal feeds; this includes most livestock farms and arable farms that grow, use or sell crops for feed use.
Farmers, as primary producers, must be registered with the local authority and follow basic hygiene procedures even if they are not mixing in relation to the feed they use or grow, to ensure that hazards are properly controlled.
To register, please contact us - Trading Standards, County Offices, Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4RQ
Tel: 01539 713594 Fax: 01539 713580 Email: trading.standards@cumbria.gov.uk
Registering as a livestock keeper
If you keep cattle, sheep, goats, or pigs, you must register with Rural Payments Agency Customer Registration to obtain a County Parish Holding number (CPH) for the land where the livestock will be kept. This is the case, even if you keep only one or two animals as pets.
Keeping Poultry
A commercial poultry premises with 50 or more birds, even if the premises is only stocked with 50 or more birds for part of the year, must be registered on the GB Poultry Register. Other premises may be registered on a voluntary basis.
Horse Passports
Owners must have a passport for each horse. 'Horse' includes horses, ponies, donkeys, mules or cross-breeds of these species. Further information can be found on the Government webpage Getting and using a horse passport.