The page lists the composition, duties, test centres, competent authorities and related documents of the ICAR Animal Identification Sub-Committee
Chair
| Ken Evers International Livestock Identification Specialist / Consultant Former Livestock Quality Assurance Officer – Biosecurity Victoria, (Australia) |
Members
| Sébastien Duroy IDELE (France) |
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| Kaivo Ilves Eesti Pollumajandusloomade Joudluskontrolli AS (Estonia) |
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| Paul Laronde Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (Canada) |
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| Valentina Palucci Interbull Centre (Sweden) |
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| Othon Reynoso Campos Sistema Nacional de Identificación Individual de Ganado – SINIIGA (Mexico) |
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| Salvador Ronda Tragsatec (Spain) |
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Pedro Vieira |
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Secretary
| Andie Dimitriadou ICAR Secretariat (Italy) |
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Duties
According to its terms of reference, the Sub-Committee covers the following subjects related to the animal identification and registration:
- Preparation of for the relevant appendices of the International Agreement on Recording Practices with regard to ID-device testing.
- Stimulation of new developments in and report on new equipment, procedures and methods dealing with:
- Electronic identification.
- Other identification devices.
- Standardised layout of eartags for individual animals
- Advising the ICAR Board on approval and/or certification of:
– Institutes serving as ICAR test-centres
– Identification devices used in individual animal identification
Test Centres for testing electronic ID devices
The laboratories that carry out the tests for the certification of the RFID devices are the following:
- DLG TestService GmbH, Germany, Thomas Olt (this laboratory performs the “Conformance and Performance” tests)
- IMA Wageningen, The Netherlands. Pieter Hogewerf (this laboratory performs the “Conformance and Performance” tests)
Test Centres for testing conventional ear tags
The following are the laboratories that carry out the tests for the certification of the conventional ear tags
Preliminary assessment
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Preliminary Assesment and laboratory test
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Related documentation
The following files are documents produced by the Sub-Committee and have relevance for its activity:
- Terms of Reference
- Confidentiality of Reports about tested devices
- Conditions for the integration of additional technologies in the ISO animal identification standards
- Technology Selection RFID
- ICAR Recording Guidelines (Section 10, Edition 2018)
- Complain form for the misuse of an animal identification device
- Documents of previous ID SC meetings (password protected)
Competent Authorities for Animal Identification
The list of “National Competent authority, model of passport, ear tags and holding register” is available within the ICAR website here
In other countries than EU, it is expected that Veterinary Services are the national competent authorities for animal identification including where relevant allocation and control of animal EID-codes with Country Code according to ISO 11784.