Why has NLIS Sheep & Goats been introduced?
Consumers worldwide are demanding greater traceability of the production of their food. To achieve this traceability there needs to be a nationwide system that allows individual animals to be traced to all properties that they have been to and to their original property of birth. In the event of a serious exotic disease, such as foot and mouth, entering Australia it would be imperative to find infected animals and deal with them as soon as possible so as to minimise the huge financial losses that would be suffered through the cessation of trade. Accurate and rapid traceability is important to achieve this. Sheepmeat exports from Australia are worth $1 billion (2005). If these were stopped because of an exotic disease outbreak, the consequences would be even greater than this. The oversupply on the domestic market could drastically reduce the price received locally, perhaps doubling the loss. NLIS Sheep & Goats is delivering the following key benefits to Australias sheep and goat meat i
Consumers worldwide are demanding greater traceability of the production of their food. To achieve this traceability there needs to be a nationwide system that allows individual animals to be traced to all properties that they have been to and to their original property of birth. In the event of a serious exotic disease, such as foot and mouth, entering Australia it would be imperative to find infected animals and deal with them as soon as possible so as to minimise the huge financial losses that would be suffered through the cessation of trade. Accurate and rapid traceability is important to achieve this. Sheepmeat exports from Australia are worth a significant amount, $1.455 billion in 2009. If these were stopped because of an exotic disease outbreak, the consequences would be even greater than this. The oversupply on the domestic market could drastically reduce the price received locally, perhaps doubling the loss. NLIS Sheep & Goats is delivering the following key benefits to Austr
