FOOD SECURITY

01. Australian – Traceability from Paddock to Place

The National Livestock Identification Scheme, NLIS, is Australia’s system for the identification and tracing of livestock. It brings together three simple concepts:

• identification of a physical location for the animal/s (this is known as the farm identification code)
• an animal identifier (a visual or electronic tag or brand (known as a device))
• a method of correlation and storage (a web accessible database)