You must register your business premises if it supplies, uses or handles animal feed, including:
- food premises that send waste food for animal feed
- breweries that supply spent grains for animal feed
Registration is free.
Exemptions: when you do not need to register your premises
Some activities are exempt from registration, such as:
- selling pet food in a retail setting
- making feed at home for animals that are either kept for personal use or not for food production
- feeding animals that are kept for personal use and are food-producing
- feeding animals that are not kept for food production
- selling small amounts of unprocessed farm products directly to the end consumer
- supplying small amounts of unprocessed farm products to local shops that supply the end consumer (this excludes spent grains from breweries)
- supplying small amounts of unprocessed agricultural products at a local level for use on local farms
- selling pet food in a retail setting
Read about animal feed approval and registration activities (PDF 51.65 KB) to check if your business needs a licence
Apply to register premises for handling animal feed
Further guidance and animal food regulations
You can also read more Food Standards Agency guidance on farming and animal feed and details of other regulations or approvals you might need.
