Departmental Regulations

Under the new legislation,

Sheep intended for slaughter before 12 months of age will be tagged with a conventional tag applied to the left ear by 9 months or when they leave the holding of origin whichever comes first.  The tag will be yellow in colour.

Breeding sheep must be tagged in the left ear with a conventional tag, and electronically identified either with electronic ear-tag in the right ear or a ruminal bolus by 9 months of age or whenever they leave the holding of birth, whichever comes first. For the purposes of this document an “electronic identifier” means either an electronic ear-tag or an electronic bolus.

These sheep will have to have two ear tags in place. On one ear, a tag containing an electronic chip. On the other, a visual tag, which does not contain an electronic chip.

You can download the Official Standards Document HERE

Replacements

Under the new scheme should you lose one of the pair, a replacement must be ordered with the correct corresponding number. If both tags are lost, then two replacement tags will be issued. As before, one EID, one non-EID. These will be red in colour.

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