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Veterinary attestation for animal health visits (previously veterinary declaration)

Template for animal health checks on farms to prove that animals used to make food, drink and agricultural products had annual health visits from a vet.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published:
13 April 2023
Last updated:
30 October 2024
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  1. Link to the annual health and welfare review removed, and updated to direct to 'funding to improve animal health and welfare', which is the expanded version of that service.

  2. Updated the veterinary attestation template for animal health visits.

  3. Updated the link to the veterinary attestation form and added guidance on providing evidence for exporting.

  4. Added a ‘Visit reference number’ field to the form.

  5. First published.

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Veterinary attestation for animal health visits

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Details

Vets should use this template when visiting farmers whose livestock or animal products derived from their livestock will enter the food chain and may be exported to the EU.

Vets should:

  • provide a copy of the completed declaration to the farmer
  • advise the farmer they must keep a copy of the completed declaration for their records
  • store a copy of the declaration on their veterinary practice clinical notes database

Providing evidence for exporting

Farmers will need to provide evidence of annual health visits if one or both of the following enter the food chain and may be exported to the EU:  

  • livestock
  • animal products derived from livestock

The food chain information (FCI) documents for the livestock will need to include either a:    

Find out how to export or move food, drink and agricultural products.

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