Sheep and farmed goat eID scanning dates for South Australia

As part of the implementation of a national electronic identification (eID) traceability system for sheep and farmed goats, the State Government has released scanning dates for processors, saleyards and property-to-property movements. The dates have been determined following discussions with the Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) to help the supply chain prepare for South Australia’s transition to eID.

Processors, saleyard operators and producers must be ready to scan sheep and farmed goats identified with eID tags and record individual movements on the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) database by the following dates:

• 1 January 2025 – Processors
• 1 January 2025 – Property to Property (P2P) movements
• 1 July 2025 – Saleyards

Processors, saleyard operators and producers can choose to commence scanning and recording individual movements ahead of the mandatory scanning dates.

The saleyards commencement date of 1 July 2025 has been set to allow time for saleyard operators to prepare for the mandatory scanning including installing essential equipment and infrastrucutre.

The Sheep and Goat eID Implementation Essential Equipment and Infrastructure Rebate Scheme is available to all South Australian saleyards and processors to assist with setting up the essential equipment and infrastructure to enable them to scan and meet their regulatory obligations under the NLIS for recording and reporting individual sheep and farmed goat movements.

Producers who undertake property to property movements will need to be ready to start scanning in line with the implementation timeline of 1 January 2025. Producers will be responsible for scanning and recording individual movements of sheep and farmed goats identified with eID tags if they:

• have multiple property identification codes (PICs) and move stock between them
• buy stock privately (with or without an agent)
• agist stock on their property

An essential infrastructure rebate program for producers is in development.

For more details about the SA's transition to mandatory eID and the State Government rebate schemes visit www.pir.sa.gov.au/eID