Contact APHA
Find contact numbers and email addresses for the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
You can report suspected notifiable animal diseases and welfare issues 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Telephone if you’re in:
- England: 03000 200 301
- Wales: 03003 038 268
If you’re in Scotland, contact APHA Field Services Scotland.
Pet travel and quarantine
Telephone: 03000 200 301
Email: [email protected]
Open Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm.
Animals and animal products
You can call us Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm.
Get help with:
- notifiable diseases, including TB (bovine tuberculosis)
- imports and exports
- welfare
- registration and licences
Telephone: 03000 200 301
If you’re in Wales:
- telephone: 03003 038 268
- email: [email protected]
If you’re in Scotland, contact APHA Field Services Scotland for help with animals, disease and animal products.
Email APHA
In your email, give as much information as possible. Include relevant details about the animal or plant, your business, the location and any reference numbers.
For general enquiries, email: [email protected]
Report disease, welfare issues or invasive non-native species
Get help with:
- bovine TB: [email protected]
- welfare in transport: [email protected]
- bee health: [email protected]
- invasive non-native species, including sightings and breaches of legislation: [email protected]
Import
Get help with:
- imports: [email protected]
- risk categories: [email protected]
Export
Get help with:
- pet animals: [email protected]
- cattle, pigs, sheep and goats: [email protected]
- horses and ponies: [email protected]
- poultry and hatching eggs, birds, zoo, circus and all other live animals: [email protected]
- meat, dairy, fish, fishery, pet food, hides and skins, wool, pharmaceutical and other animal products: [email protected]
- semen, ova and embryos: [email protected]
Apply, register or get approval for something
Get help with:
- livestock registration (including poultry): [email protected]
- non-TB animal movement licensing and animal gatherings (excluding birds): [email protected]
- egg marketing: [email protected]
- compulsory scrapie flocks scheme: [email protected]
- site approval and registration for animal byproducts: [email protected]
- wild bird registration: [email protected]
- ferret, weasel and mink (mustelinae) registration: [email protected]
Artificial breeding controls
Email: [email protected]
Feed controls and poultry health scheme
Email: [email protected]
Bees
Telephone (in England and Wales): 0300 303 0094
Get contact details of bee inspectors on the National Bee Unit website
Plants and seeds
You can call us Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
For urgent export questions, you can call us Monday to Friday, 7am to 8pm.
Get help with:
- imports and exports
- plant passports
- seed certification and marketing
- plant health services
- notifiable plant pests and diseases
- authorisations relating to plant pests, pathogens, plants, and soil
In England and Wales, Telephone: 03001 000 313
If you’re in Scotland, contact SASA (Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture).
Email APHA
For general enquiries, email: [email protected]
Report disease or invasive non-native species
You can report tree pests and diseases using the Tree Alert service.
Get help with:
- invasive non-native species, including sightings and breaches of legislation: [email protected]
- a pest or disease: [email protected]
Check what to include when reporting suspected plant pests or disease.
Apply, register or get approval for something
Get help with:
- plant passports: [email protected]
- seed certification and licences to market seeds: [email protected]
- authorisations for pests, pathogens, plants and soil: [email protected]
- plant breeders’ rights and national lists: [email protected]
Imports
Email: [email protected]
Exports
Get help with:
- plant products: [email protected]
- the PHEATS scheme: [email protected]
- plants and seeds: [email protected]
Endangered plant and animal species (CITES)
Get help with endangered plant and animal species (CITES):
- telephone: 0117 372 3700
- email: [email protected]
Get technical help using IPAFFS and Plant Health Export Service
For help using IPAFFS (Import of products, animals, food and feed system) or the PHES (Plant Health Export Service):
- telephone: 03300 416 999
- email: [email protected]
Other APHA services
APHA Scientific
Telephone: 03000 600 001
Email: [email protected]
Visit the APHA Scientific website
Disinfectant approvals
Telephone: 0208 026 9609
Email: [email protected]
GM inspections
Get help with investigations and inspections into genetically modified releases into the environment, including seeds, fish and animals but excluding food.
Telephone: 02080 262 466
Email: [email protected]
Report non-compliance
Report someone for breaking animal welfare or plant and bee control rules.
Email: [email protected]
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Complaints
Updates to this page
Published 4 May 2022Last updated 27 September 2024 + show all updates
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Updated the Pet Travel helpline number to 03000 200 301.
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Updated the phone number for ferret and other mustelinae registration.
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Contact details for livestock registration updated to include poultry and captive birds. Previous contact details for poultry registration removed as they are now out of date.
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Updated information on reporting a plant pest or disease. Removed references to the PEACH and eDomero systems, which have been replaced by the import of products, animals, food and feed system (IPAFFS) and Plant Health Export Service (PHES) respectively.
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Updated the email address for contacting the Compulsory Scrapie Flocks Scheme.
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Added a link to Veterinary Delivery Partner contact details on the TB Hub website.
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Added a section about registration queries for the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS).
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Updated the email address for contacting the Plant Variety and Seeds team.
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Added contact information for 'Authorisations for plant pests, pathogens, plants, and soil'.
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Egg marketing contact details for Wales have changed. Telephone 03000 200 301 or email [email protected]
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Added translation