About the Scottish EID Pilot
To deal with the EU Regulations coming into effect this year, the ScotEID research pilot is developing practical solutions for Scottish sheep flocks.
The work includes installing and testing readers at auction markets, abattoirs and other Critical Control Points (CCPs), and scaling up the ScotEID database and data systems for this year’s lamb crop before the regulations come in to full effect in 2011.
ScotEID invites every Scottish sheep farmer to join the Pilot as a Partner Farm. After joining, every Partner farm will receive assistance with tag costs for lambs born in 2010.
The individual ID’s from these tags being read at CCPs will augment the existing batch system to provide traceability in real time. Partner farms will be able to log onto the ScotEID database and see the individual numbers of their lambs as they move through each CCP.
