Tag, record and report sheep and goats for export
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What tags to use when exporting or moving sheep and goats outside of GB, including to Northern Ireland, what movement information to record and report.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
What tags to use when exporting or moving sheep and goats outside of GB, including to Northern Ireland, what movement information to record and report. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- How to tag sheep and goats for export
- When tagging with a yellow EID ear tag
- When tagging with an EID bolus
- Where to buy tags
- Replacing lost or damaged tags
- What to record in your holding register
- If you're moving animals to an assembly centre
- Report the off movement to the Livestock Information Service
- If you use common land
Source and licence
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
AttributionDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ‘Tag, record and report sheep and goats for export’ (updated 26 July 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026