Australia: Livestock SA reaffirms sheep and goat EID rollout funding principles

LIVESTOCK SA has reaffirmed its principles for funding and rollout of mandatory sheep and goat identification in South Australia as an implementation plan is prepared. The state’s Sheep and Goat Traceability Committee has forwarded an ACIL Allen business case for the EID rollout to the State Government, but is yet to complete an implantation plan. The peak South Australian red meat and wool body today said it had reviewed and reaffirmed its commitment to realise the best outcomes for producers and the industry. Livestock SA chief executive officer Travis Tobin said that while Livestock SA is delivering the Sheep and Goat Traceability EID project with funding from the government and the Sheep Industry Fund, the organisation also considered the findings from the project’s supply chain steering committee in a separate process to determine if and how these recommendations will be supported. “Last week the Livestock SA board reviewed the final (ACIL Allen) business case that has been ...