There will be changes to both tagging requirements for lambs going to slaughter and movement reporting for the historic flock at the end of the year.
- You will no longer be able to tag lambs going for slaughter under 12 months of agewith the non-electronic slaughter tag. You will be able to use an electronic slaughter tag.
- The historic flock derogation ends. This means that for sheep tagged before 2010, unless going to slaughter (either directly to abattoir from farm or through a slaughter market), individual tag numbers are required on the movement document.
The NFU lobbied to get the original historic flock derogation to this date, saving the industry £11.5 million. We also opposed the loss of the non electronic slaughter tag.