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National Cattlemen's Beef
Association
Cattle Identification Standards Subcommittee
Standards and Recommendations***
Three significant opportunities have been identified to develop a
framework for minimum standards to be set for improvement and
consistency of information flow:
- Sources of Information
- Gathering and Submission of Information
- Management of Information
1. Sources of Information
Applying a tag at any stage of production or ownership is
not automatic entitlement to any information. Participation
and /or agreement between buyers and sellers are necessary to
ensure the sharing of information.
| Standards: |
| 1. |
ISO - based Electronic ID Tag. |
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- Entire ISO number must be printed
on tag.
- Minimum read range (stationary
system) of 30 inches in an active commercial packing
environment.
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| 2. |
Tag must be applied at or before animal
leaving herd of origin. |
| 3. |
EID tag must not be removed except at
harvest (packer). |
| 4. |
Tags must be placed in manufacturer
recommended position in the animal's left ear. |
| 5. |
Tags shall be one-time only and
tamper-proof / tamper-evident in design. |
| 6. |
Producer is responsible for
cross-referencing any other identification number that
they chose to utilize (American ID Number, Breed
Association / Registry number, USDA / government number,
etc.). |
| Recommendations: |
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1. |
Failed tags should be replaced with
another unique ISO Electronic tag and so noted (and
cross-referenced to original tag if possible) in the
database. |
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2. |
Must be open to adopting other
technologies as they become commercially viable. |
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3. |
Agreements and Terms of Trade are
necessary for sharing and transfer of information from
one party to another. |
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2. Gathering and Submission of
Information
For confidentiality purposes, previous ownership(s)
identity will not be passed to buyer without agreement or
ownership authorization.
| Standards: |
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1. |
When the information
is gathered and submitted. |
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- Initial data is gathered for all
cattle prior to animal leaving herd of origin.
- Additional data to be added at each
change of ownership or premise.
- Data shall be transferred according
to terms of trade or by agreement.
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2. |
Where the
information is gathered. |
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- At each stage of production:
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- Seedstock
- Cow Calf
- Market facilities
- Stocker
- Feeder / Feedyard
- Packer
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3. |
What information is
required. |
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- Basic information:
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- Individual Animal ID #: 15 digits
including manufacturer / country code (3 digits) and
individual animal number (12 digits); (ISO 11784
Standard).
- Premise Information (Producer Name,
Physical and Mailing Address, Phone Number, 3
character alphanumeric field for single or multiple
producer defined locations).
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4. |
How the information
is gathered. |
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- All tag readers (stationary and
handheld) should be capable of reading tags in
accordance with ISO 11785.
- All readers must be capable of
electronically transferring data to an external
computing and storage device.
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| Recommendations: |
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1. |
When |
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- Data should be electronically
transferred whenever possible.
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2. |
What |
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- Additional performance or
management data may be collected in accordance with
the terms of trade and agreement between buyers and
sellers.
- Producers may reference other
premise codes or identifiers into Premise
Information.
- Agreements and Terms of Trade are
necessary for sharing and transfer of information
from one party to another.
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3. |
How |
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- Reader / data collection systems
should also have the ability to enter tag data
manually.
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3. Management of Information
Data exchange and interfacing among data management and
software companies is encouraged.
| Standards: |
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1. |
Data remains the property
of the cattle owners / stakeholders. |
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2. |
Information will be
formatted for transmission as follows: |
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- Producer Name (30 alphanumeric
characters)
- Producer Mailing Address,
consisting of:
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- Street Address (20 alphanumeric
characters)
- City (15 alphanumeric characters)
- State (2 alpha characters)
- Zip / Postal Code (9 numeric
characters)
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- Producer Physical Address (same
definition as Producer Mailing Address
- Producer Phone Number (15 numeric
characters)
- Producer 3-digit location field (3
alphanumeric characters)
- Animal EID (15 numeric characters)
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| Recommendations: |
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1. |
Reasonable data security is
expected. |
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2. |
Time, date, and source
stamp of all data entry into system. |
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- Databases should have lock-down
feature for all data entries.
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3. |
Agreements and Terms of
Trade are necessary for sharing and transfer of
information from one party to another. |
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***Presented
and disseminated at the 2001 Cattle Industry Summer Conference
August 5 -9 Denver, Colorado by the National Cattlemen's Beef
Association Cattle Identification Standards Subcommittee. |
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