[Faye.Lear]

Hello all,

Can anyone advise as to what documents (if any) i need to send with my sheep to slaughter. They are older ewes going for mutton.
I have completed a food chain information form as i normally would for the cattle, and i presume they need an LIS form too?

Any help much appreciated, this is our first time sending the woolies to the abbatoir!

Thanks in advance 

[Penninehillbilly]

Do you have a VAN certificate? Not sure if you need one for own use, but I presume you have one of you send cattle in.
Other than that just movement licence

[SallyintNorth]

Scotland?  Or England/Wales?  If the latter, I think most abattoirs now only want the electronic registration, so print out copies of that for your paper records and for the transporter.  (We always put a copy on the wagon for the abattoir as well, in case technology fails...)

[Backinwellies]

Movement docs.   VAN certificate. 

[Richmond]

You'll only need a VAN if your abattoir sends by-products overseas. Check with your abattoir before forking out for a VAN. There was a lot of conversations about everyone needing VANs when they were first introduced, and the vets were all charging £100 + to provide one. As it only lasts a year it seemed a bit steep if you only go to the abattoir once a year so I rang our abattoir up and they explained it all to me. Obviously things may be different in Scotland or Wales, don't know where you are.

[SallyintNorth]

Our abattoir does require them, but it's all done electronically between LIS and the vet as far as I can tell.

Our vet charges £40 per visit to do them, and will attest any number of species on one visit.  They just need to see the actual animals which will be going off in the next 12 months, so it has to be timed for when we have all the lambs calves and weaners we'll be sending, and before we want to send any of them!

We also, of course, make use of the free farm callout, to have the vet check anything we are concerned about or do any procedures we need . 

And our vet won't prescribe antibiotics over the phone unless they've been to the farm within the previous 6 months, so with a bit more care with planning dates, between the VAN visit and the annual TB test we stay covered for that too.

[Faye.Lear]

Thank you everyone for your responses.
Have not needed a VAN number yet for cattle as the products aren't going overseas.
Having said that, our vets issued our last one at our TB test so we only got charged for the certificate which was £10 so its worth having I think.
Will complete LIS online if I need to, but will have to get the Abbatoir CPH.

Thank you again for your help!