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ApprovedYou must buy official tags from suppliers approved by the Rural Payments Agency.
When ordering tags, you’ll need the county parish holding (CPH) number and flock or herd mark for where you keep the animals.
For sheep or goats born on a holding with a temporary CPH or common land, give the flock or herd mark of your permanent holding.
You must tag sheep and goatgoats correctly. Find out when and how to:
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Published 1 January 2010
Last updated 211 FebruaryOctober 2022
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2026-05-22 15:53
Earlsmere Hauptner Button, Hauptner combo and Hauptner Button EID all removed.As this leaves Earlsmere Limited with no available sheep and goat tags, the record for Earlsmere Limited has been removed from the ‘Approved sheep and goat tag suppliers’ list.Denimex record also removed.
2026-03-05 14:30
Removed ear tags listed under Caisley Eartag Limited. Visual Tag section Flexotronic L/R27 tag and on the EID Tag section the following tags Twin tag, Multiflex L/L and Multiflex L/L Geno.
2026-03-02 13:39
Updated Dalton Livestock ID list to include new tag – Twin Tag (S).
2025-12-16 12:25
Removed Hauptner Neoflex EID Combo and Hauptner Button EID as eartags no longer in use.
2025-10-01 10:36
Removed ear tags that are no longer approved.
2022-02-21 14:30
Updated Dalton Tags address.
Details
ApprovedYou must buy official tags from suppliers approved by the Rural Payments Agency.
When ordering tags, you’ll need the county parish holding (CPH) number and flock or herd mark for where you keep the animals.
For sheep or goats born on a holding with a temporary CPH or common land, give the flock or herd mark of your permanent holding.
You must tag sheep and goatgoats correctly. Find out when and how to:
Updates to this page
Published 1 January 2010
Last updated 211 FebruaryOctober 2022
+ show2025
href="#full-history">+ show all updates
-
Update history
2026-05-22 15:53
Earlsmere Hauptner Button, Hauptner combo and Hauptner Button EID all removed.As this leaves Earlsmere Limited with no available sheep and goat tags, the record for Earlsmere Limited has been removed from the ‘Approved sheep and goat tag suppliers’ list.Denimex record also removed.
2026-03-05 14:30
Removed ear tags listed under Caisley Eartag Limited. Visual Tag section Flexotronic L/R27 tag and on the EID Tag section the following tags Twin tag, Multiflex L/L and Multiflex L/L Geno.
2026-03-02 13:39
Updated Dalton Livestock ID list to include new tag – Twin Tag (S).
2025-12-16 12:25
Removed Hauptner Neoflex EID Combo and Hauptner Button EID as eartags no longer in use.
2025-10-01 10:36
Removed ear tags that are no longer approved.
2022-02-21 14:30
Updated Dalton Tags address.
Details
ApprovedYou must buy official tags from suppliers approved by the Rural Payments Agency.
When ordering tags, you’ll need the county parish holding (CPH) number and flock or herd mark for where you keep the animals.
For sheep or goats born on a holding with a temporary CPH or common land, give the flock or herd mark of your permanent holding.
You must tag sheep and goatgoats correctly. Find out when and how to:
Updates to this page
Update history
2026-05-22 15:53
Earlsmere Hauptner Button, Hauptner combo and Hauptner Button EID all removed.As this leaves Earlsmere Limited with no available sheep and goat tags, the record for Earlsmere Limited has been removed from the ‘Approved sheep and goat tag suppliers’ list.Denimex record also removed.
2026-03-05 14:30
Removed ear tags listed under Caisley Eartag Limited. Visual Tag section Flexotronic L/R27 tag and on the EID Tag section the following tags Twin tag, Multiflex L/L and Multiflex L/L Geno.
2026-03-02 13:39
Updated Dalton Livestock ID list to include new tag – Twin Tag (S).
2025-12-16 12:25
Removed Hauptner Neoflex EID Combo and Hauptner Button EID as eartags no longer in use.
2025-10-01 10:36
Removed ear tags that are no longer approved.
2022-02-21 14:30
Updated Dalton Tags address.