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Would you like to market food with the animal husbandry label directly in Germany? Then you need an identification number. With the identification number, another food company can also apply for labeling.

If you run a livestock farm based in another EU country or in a third country, you can obtain an identification number from the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE), which shows how the animals are kept.

With this identification number, another food company that sells food produced from your animals in Germany can apply for voluntary animal husbandry labeling, which provides end consumers with information about the way the animals are kept. Alternatively, you can use the identification number to sell your food by way of direct marketing with animal husbandry labeling.

Your business can receive an identification number if you keep fattening pigs. When registering, you must state, for example

• The way the animals are kept
• Housing facilities with
  • Location plans if there are several housing facilities
  • Information on the usable floor area
  • Information on the number of animals kept
  • Details of the authority that monitors animal welfare requirements

The identification number is made up of

• the identifier for the type of husbandry,
• a unique identification number for the farm
• a consecutive number for the husbandry facility and
• an identifier for the period of validity.

The identification number is issued for a period of 2 years.

You can submit the application in German or English.

• Notification with
  • Name and address of the livestock holding
  • Name and address of the owner of the livestock farm
  • if available, registration number
  • Details of the holding facility. If there are several livestock facilities, details of all facilities and enclose a site plan
  • Details of the authority responsible for monitoring compliance with animal welfare regulations
  • Information on the farming method of the animals from which the food is obtained
  • Size of the unrestricted floor area of the housing facility
  • Number of animals kept in the facility
  • Declaration that the facility complies with the requirements for the notified farming method
• Suitable evidence, for example
  • official certificates
  • Participation in a state animal welfare label
  • certificates from accredited inspection bodies
  • corresponding certificate for the "organic" form of husbandry

• You have a livestock farm in another EU country or in a third country and have not yet received an identification number from the BLE.

There are no fees.

The notification to obtain the identification number can be requested online via the contact form or in writing by post from the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE).

• Open the application form.
• You can complete the form digitally or print it out and complete it by hand.
• If you complete the form digitally, you do not need to sign it by hand.

Application by post:

• If you have not already done so, print out the form and send it to the BLE with the required documents and evidence.

Application as an upload:

• You save the completed notification as a PDF.
• You name the files with documents according to their content.
• Open the BLE contact form in the desired language.
• Enter all the necessary information in the contact form. Select "Process-related" as the type of request.
• In the "Subject" field, enter "Notification of a holding facility" as the reason for the message.
• In the "Your message" field, state the number of attached files and, if possible, number them so that they can be assigned more easily.
• Up to 10 attachments with a maximum of 10 MB are possible. If there are more files with more MB, please fill out the contact form again.
• You upload the document with the required documents and evidence.

The BLE will check the application and contact you if anything is unclear or if any information or evidence is missing.

If the information and documents are complete, you will receive an identification number for each registered holding facility within 2 months.

There are no indications or special features.

• Objection within one year

• Form of animal husbandry in a holding facility of a holding from abroad to obtain an identification number Notification

• livestock holdings from the European Union (EU) or from a third country can apply for an identification number, which is communicated by the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE)
• Identification number is issued for a period of 2 years and provides information about the way the animals are kept
• Fresh pork can be labeled with the type of farming of the animals
• with an identification number, direct marketing with animal husbandry labeling by the livestock farm is also possible
• livestock farms based abroad that keep fattening pigs can apply for an identification number
• Information must be provided for the notification, for example on
  • the way in which the animals are kept
  • Housing facilities with
    • Site plans, if several housing facilities are available
    • Information on the usable floor area
    • Information on the number of animals kept
    • Details of the authority that monitors animal welfare requirements
• if a housing facility does not meet the requirements of the notified housing form, the BLE may assign an identification number with a different housing form to this housing facility
• Send the notification online via the contact form or in writing by post
• Responsible: Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE)