Animal feed hygiene licence

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Who needs to register

Businesses that make, market or use animal feed need to be registered and approved as animal feed businesses by the council’s trading standard service.

The businesses affected by the legislation are:

  • manufacturers of compound feeds
  • manufacturers of feed materials, feed additives and pre-mixtures
  • importers
  • companies transporting animal feed
  • companies storing feed
  • companies distributing compound feed 
  • food businesses supplying surplus food for use as feed
  • pet food manufacturers
  • arable farms, growing, using or selling crops for feed use
  • producers of animal feed for wild creatures (including wild game) which is intended for human consumption
  • livestock farms 
  • food and non-food businesses selling co-products which are destined as feed materials.

Animal feed businesses need to be aware of Regulation 183/2005, which lays down requirements for feed hygiene.

You can find further guidance on animal feed from the Food Standards Agency.

Apply for a licence

Apply for the Animal feed hygiene licence (PDF, 141 KB)

Once completed, please email the form to trading.standards@barnet.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can post the completed form to:

Feed Hygiene Registrations
Trading Standards
2 Bristol Avenue
NW9 4EW

You will receive a unique registration number once we receive your application form. You will need this should you contact us about your application form.