Feed premises register

There is a legal requirement for the approval and registration of feed premises that manufacture, market or use certain additives and protein products in animal feeding stuffs, and for these registers to be made publicly available.

See a full list of registration and approval categories (Food Standards Agency).

Before you submit your application, we recommend that you contact our Food and Safety Team. We can advise you based on your business proposal.

Make an application to register

Download the Feed Premises Registration and Approval Form.

Completed forms should be sent to:

Email: foodandsafety@merton.gov.uk

There is no fee for registration, but you will receive an acknowledgement and registration number and will be added to the feed register. You may then legally trade. A visit to your premises will be scheduled but you may trade in the interim.

Activities that require approval

There is a fee for establishments that are:

• Applying for approval for the first time
• Amending an existing approval

The provisions on approval fees for England are set out in Animal Feed (Hygiene, Sampling and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2015.

The current fee for approval is £451. This is reduced to £226 where the business acts only as a trader without handling any feed on the premises being approved.

It is not legal for a business that requires approval to trade without first receiving approval from the Local Authority. Approval of a feed business operator is conditional on a satisfactory inspection by an officer of this Authority.

Trading without holding products

Feed businesses which act solely as Traders without holding products on their premises may, however, be approved without an on-site visit. In this case the trader must complete a Declaration of Compliance.

Download the Trader Approval Declaration of Compliance form.

This confirms that the feed placed on the market by the business complies with the requirements of Retained EU Regulation EC183 2005. This form needs to be completed and returned via email to foodandsafety@merton.gov.uk.

The Declaration of Compliance must be submitted in addition to the registration form.

Public registers

Download a list of registered feed business establishments in Wandsworth.

The national list of all feed premises approved in the United Kingdom can be seen at Feed Premises Register (Food Standards Agency).

Contact us

Telephone: 020 8545 3025

Email: foodandsafety@merton.gov.uk