Bringing together separate systems for cattle, sheep and pigs the Welsh Government is expanding EID Cymru into Wales’ first multispecies traceability system. The announcement to create a single multispecies traceability system was made in December 2018 but due to complexities and outside dependencies there have been delays in progressing the project.
A progress report has recently been published on the Welsh Government website on the development of EID Cymru into the new multispecies traceability system.
Phase 1 of the development was to update the Sheep, Goat and Deer system which was completed in November 2021. Phase 2 is underway and is developing the EID Cymru system to incorporate all cattle registration and movement reporting. There will be a transition from BCMS and CTS to EIDCymru for all Welsh keepers and premises. This is expected to be rolled out by the end of 2023.
Phase 3 will follow the completion of phase 2 and will incorporate the reporting of all pig movements.
Updates on progress will be provided in the Welsh Government’s Gwlad newsletter.