Which businesses need animal feed registration or approval

If you are starting an animal feed business, you need to apply for registration and / or approval from the local authority for the area in which your feed establishment operates.

The Food Standards Agency website has guidance on starting an animal feed business.

Businesses involved in the use, manufacturing or marketing of animal feeds need to be registered or approved with their local authority.

Such businesses include:

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

Registration / approval is a legal requirement for these businesses. They must:

(a) Notify us of any establishments under their control, active in any of the stages of production, processing, storage, transport or distribution of feed, with a view to registration (see registration link below)
(b) Update us on any significant change in activities at any of the establishments lists in (a) and any closure of an existing establishment

Apply for registration

To apply for a Feed Registration or Approval please complete and submit our online form.

To apply for registration please complete and submit the form below. To complete it you will need to have to hand the following information:

Name
Address
Business name
Contact details
County Parish Holding (CPH) number

Assurance scheme number (if you have one)