GENERAL TERMS OF USE OF THE WEBSITE

If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern Meadow’s Animal Healthcare’s relationship with you in relation to this website.

The term ‘Meadow’s Animal Healthcare’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is 2-3 Rectory Place, Loughborough, LE11 1UW. Our company registration number is 4604061. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:

GENERAL SALES POLICY

All prices listed are in Euros (€), are per item (except where stated), and exclude any delivery charges. They do not include VAT, and you may need to pay VAT, duties, and a customs clearance process fee prior to the delivery of your order. These are not payable to MAH, but to your local officials or an agent acting on their behalf, and are beyond the control of MAH. It is the customer's responsibility to be aware of these charges before ordering.

All sales require payment at the time of ordering. No orders will be dispatched until full payment is received.

Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information on our site, we reserve the right to cancel your order if:

In these instances we will notify you by email as soon as possible - and certainly within three working days of receipt of your order. Any monies taken will be refunded to your method of payment within 30 days of your order, however we will not be obliged to offer any additional compensation for any consequential loss, inconvenience or disappointment.

We also reserve the right to cancel your order if we consider you to be an unreasonable person to deal with.

CANCELLATION & RETURNS

CANCELLATION RIGHTS

Under The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 SI 2013/3134 you have the legal right to cancel your order up to 14 calendar days after the day on which you receive your goods (with the exception of any made to order items). You do not need to give us any reason for cancelling your contract nor will you have to pay any penalty.

Should you wish to cancel your order, please notify us by email to orders@meadowsah.com with a clear statement. Please do this as soon as possible, as it may be possible to stop the dispatch of your order.

If the goods have been dispatched before you cancel your contract then you must send the goods back to our contact address at your own cost and risk. You must therefore pay any necessary fees raised by customs officials in your country, or any agents acting on their behalf, in order to receive the goods and therefore be able return them to us. Orders cancelled after dispatch due to a failure on the part of the customer to complete the customs clearance process may not be eligible for a refund.

Once you have notified us that you are cancelling your contract, and we have either received the goods back or, if earlier, received evidence that the items are being returned to us, we will refund any sum debited by us from you back to the original method of payment within 14 calendar days.

We may make a deduction from your refund for any loss in the value of the goods supplied if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.

Any Loyalty Points earned from the transaction will be deducted from your account if it is cancelled.

RETURNS POLICY

If the item you have received is incorrect (different from the item ordered), or faulty/damaged then please notify us immediately by emailing orders@meadowsah.com. Do not open or use the item - doing so may mean that we are not able to issue a refund. As all items are perishable (excluding gavage tubes - see below*), and can be affected by handling and storage, once the item has been received we cannot be held responsible for any deterioration in quality and/or performance of the products, and no compensation is available. 

We may request that an item to be returned to us. If you are returning an item because of an error on our part, then where possible we will arrange for the item to be collected from you, but we may request that you return the item and we will refund to you the return delivery charges incurred, assuming the item is returned to us in a way which has been mutually agreed.

Where there is no error on our part we are still happy to fully refund the cost of all items if they are returned to us within 14 days of receipt assuming:

We reserve the right to refuse goods received outside this 14 day period and if not in the original packaging or as new.

You should contact us by emailing orders@meadowsah.com to notify us of your wish to return the items to us prior to doing so.

Your statutory rights are not affected. On receipt of the returned goods we will either exchange them, credit your account or process a full refund minus any postage/delivery costs if applicable.

Please note that you the customer will be responsible for all incurred postage costs for returning items to us unless you are returning the items because of an error on our behalf as explained above. As we will not accept any responsibility for returned items that we do not receive, we would suggest you return them via a recorded service.

Any Loyalty Points earned from the purchase of the item will be deducted from your account if the item is returned.

LOST, DELAYED OR DAMAGED ITEMS

We will not be held financially responsible for any loss due to a delay in the delivery of your order as this is undertaken by a third party whom we have chosen to deliver your goods.

If we establish that your goods are lost in transit prior to attempted delivery to you then we will either resend your order, or offer a full refund.

Once the courier has attempted delivery, and if you were unavailable to receive it, it will be your responsibility to arrange the subsequent redelivery of your parcel, and to seek any compensation from the courier if this matter cannot be resolved. We will, however, seek to assist you where possible and in some instances will be able to issue a compensation claim on your behalf. However, please be aware that all claims must be made to us within 14 days of the date of ordering, and may take a further 28 days to be resolved. A positive result in your favour, and financial recompense to you, is not guaranteed.

Should the goods arrive damaged owing to a courier fault we must insist that you contact us immediately and do not start to use the goods until we have established further course of action. We may request that you return the damaged goods to us as this will help with our claim for compensation as courier companies often need proof of damage. The cost of returning the damaged item/s to us will be refunded as part of the courier compensation claim

If returning damaged goods to us please contact us to discuss the method by which we would like the items returned.

RETURNS ADDRESS

Meadow’s Animal Healthcare,
Unit 7 Windmill Road,
Loughborough,
LE11 1RA
United Kingdom

DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY

We respect your personal information and undertake to comply with applicable UK Data Protection legislation from time to time in place. We also recognise and comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulations as it pertains to small businesses in the UK whose processing is only occasional, of low risk to the data protection rights of individuals, and does not involve the large-scale use of special category or criminal offence data.

You should be aware that:

If we are requested by the police or any regulatory or government authority investigating suspected illegal activities, or upon receipt of a court order, to provide your Personal Information and/or information concerning your activities whilst using the Website we shall do so; and

We reserve the right in our reasonable discretion to disclose details of your use of the Website in relation to any, or any threatened, Court Proceedings in connection with your use, or the use of anyone under your control, of the Website whether in connection with the matters set out in these Conditions or otherwise.

This Privacy Statement may be updated from time to time, so please ensure that you read it carefully each time you supply any data to us.

We're committed to keeping your customer data confidential and will process any information you give us in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

We will only pass your address details to our shipper purely for the purpose of delivering your goods. The Data Protection Act 1998 states that personal data must be processed fairly and lawfully. This means you have the right to know how we intend to use your personal data. You can then decide whether you want to provide the information.

We only collect the data you provide to us on this web site when an order is placed. This includes your name, business name if appropriate, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number if disclosed, delivery address, and the nature of your enquiry.

In order to give you details relating to our service to you, or giving details of carefully selected products that we believe may interest you, we may e-mail you a regular newsletter, from which you can opt out at any time.

When orders are placed which we cannot fulfil we may pass on your contact details to our partners in other countries to assist you in the completion of your order - details of these companies are available on request.

PAYMENTS

All payments are processed securely by Bambora (on behalf of Clear Accept/EKM Pay). Whilst we may be able to assist with payment queries please be aware that we do not process payment and it may be necessary for you to contact your bank or card issuer to resolve any issues.

Dependent on the policy of your card issuer it may be that they remove any funds from your account prior to us authorising your transaction. Therefore even if we cancel your order without taking any payment this may appear as a debit and then a credit on your account - this is purely the actions of your card issuer and we have not receive any money from your account.

Please also note that refunds can take a few days to appear on your account.

COOKIES

When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:

You can manage these small files yourself and if you wish to disable cookies you can do so via your browser settings. The use of our website confirms that you are happy for us to use these cookies and/or that you will control the cookie settings on your own browser.

Our use of cookies

When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, your computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:

First party cookies: these are our own cookies, controlled by us and used to provide information about usage of our site.

Third party cookies: these are cookies found in other companies’ internet tools which we are using to enhance our site, for example Facebook or Twitter have their own cookies, which are controlled by them.

The use of our website confirms that you are happy for us to use these cookies and/or that you will control the cookie settings on your own browser.


Updated: January 2025