Life ear tag number
The life ear mark number is an identity mark in cattle farming in the EU .
The marking is usually done by the farmer, who pulls the ear tags of the newborn calf . Every cattle born after October 28, 1995 in the EU must wear such a life ear tag. Cattle born after January 1, 1998 must have an identical tag in each ear. The ear tags are assigned to the farmers by the organization responsible for issuing them (mostly the state control associations, which also carry out the milk yield test), on request according to the approximate number of births expected in the following year. They are to be attached or to have attached in the first seven days, in the case of bison in the first three months after birth. Except after slaughter, the marks may not be removed after the animal has died without official approval.
The life ear tag number consists of a combination of letters and numbers and has twelve digits. It begins with the country code in letters (e.g. DE for Germany, NL for the Kingdom of the Netherlands). This is followed by a two-digit number coding for the federal state in which the animal was born (e.g. 03 for Lower Saxony). The last eight digits are assigned individually. This number accompanies every cattle born or kept in Germany and the other EU countries throughout its entire life and beyond, and is used for the traceability of foods obtained from it or any abnormalities found under animal health law. It can be found on the ear tags and the cattle passport as well as in the HI Tier database . The life ear tag number must also be found as a barcode on the ear tags and the cattle passport.
The term can not be found in the currently valid legal basis, namely Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 and the German Cattle Traffic Regulation, but there the identifier simply means the correct ear tag number ,
supporting documents
- ↑ § 27 ViehVerkV
- ↑ Current requirements for Germany in Appendix 4 to Section 27 of the Cattle Traffic Ordinance
- ↑ § 27 ViehVerkV