ScotEID works closely with the Scottish livestock sector & Scottish Government to design, develop and deliver solutions to ensure robust traceability and minimise legislative difficulties.
Scottish sheep, pig & cattle keepers can register with ScotEID in order to meet or minimise current legislative requirements.
With the changing bluetongue situation, all farmers, vets and stakeholders are urged to join a critical industry BTV-3 webinar Wednesday 4 September from 3-4pm to get the latest updates and advice from experts. Register today via: https://bit.ly/3AJzxlq
Bluetongue situation is changing rapidly and More information on the current situation can be found here and on Bluetongue Virus – Ruminant Health & Welfare (ruminanthw.org.uk)
Our telephone provider is currently experiencing a technical disruption, and as a result, we are temporarily unable to take any calls or voicemails.
Please email help@scoteid.com with any queries.
The global IT outage that affected phone lines yesterday has been resolved. The ScotEID phone line is working, and the Huntly office is back to business as usual. Apologies to anyone that tried to contact us yesterday and was unable to do so.
Come and visit ScotEID at the Royal Highland Show.
The ScotEID Technical team are supporting Scottish Governments consultation on CattleEID in Scotland so if you have any questions please come along and see us. There will be help available to complete the consultation online or we will have paper copies to take away. The ScotEID Information Centre team will be there to help with any ScotMoves+, BVD, Sheep and Pig queries.
You can find us on the 7th Avenue, we look forward to seeing you there.
The Scottish Government is seeking views on proposals to change the cattle identification and traceability regime within Scotland. We would strongly encourage all parts of the supply chain to respond before the 27th of June.
Exhibiting at Shows - For cattle attending livestock shows, please record a ScotMoves+ Off Movement to the Show CPH. Upon submitting the movement you will be asked if you would like to record the return movement also. A full how-to guide can be found here.
Cattle moving to grazing - please record your 'within business' cattle movements if you move cattle to additional holdings for grazing.
Cattle deaths - please record all cattle deaths on ScotMoves+ and post back the passports for cattle that have died on farm or are missing/presumed dead. Fallen stock companies do not record cattle deaths on your behalf.
Thank you from the Help Team - 01466 794323
The Scottish Government is seeking views on proposals to change the cattle identification and traceability regime within Scotland.
We would encourage all parts of the supply-chain to respond to the consultation.
Consultation on cattle identification and traceability in Scotland
Report on using UHF for cattle EID
Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment
ScotEID welcomes the Scottish Governments consultation on cattle identification and traceability, particularly the element around the electronic identification of cattle. Bovine EID provides improved reporting accuracy and real time reporting, which are crucial in the event of a notifiable disease outbreak. It also offers the chance to remove the need for cattle passports.
Previously as a European Union (EU) Member State, we were able to operate a keeper self-declaration system for Controlled Housing Conditions (CHC) for pigs. This meant that these animals were exempt from trichinella testing. However, this is no longer an option as Official Vets (OVs) are required to sign an export health certificate (EHC) and part of this includes them signing off that pigs or pig meat comes from CHC compliant holdings. Given the assurance required to allow an OV to sign an EHC it is no longer possible to rely on system of self-declaration.
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and other standards organisations have reviewed their standards for the pig assurance schemes to ensure they comply with the requirements of the EU legislation for CHC for pigs.
From Friday 29 March 2024 the current self-declaration list on ScotEID is no longer available. As of Saturday 30 March you must be a member of an assurance scheme such as QMS and your vet must submit a quarterly vet declaration (QVD) to confirm your compliance to be able to tick the CHC box on ScotEID. If you are not a member of an assurance scheme your pigs require to be tested for trichinella.
For keepers who decide not to become a member of an assurance scheme there is a requirement for the vet to submit the quarterly report on ‘Pig Premises Separation from Cloven Hoofed Animals’ which is also a EHC requirement.
