The following outlines what you must do if you wish to buy or sell pigs.
Identification
1. Tattooing
Pigs over 25 kg can be identified with either a registered tattoo brand or an approved NLIS device before leaving a property. A pig body tattoo consists of one, two or three letters of the alphabet as allocated by the Secretary. The height of these letters must not be less than 20 mm or more than 35 mm.
Note that pigs 25 kg or under can only be identified with an approved NLIS device and must be tagged before leaving a property.
Recording of Movements
2. Vendor Declaration
Whenever pigs are sold, a movement document must be provided to the saleyard or purchaser. A movement document can either be a National Vendor Declaration (NVD) or a Tasmanian Generic Vendor Declaration (GVD). This applies for any change of ownership.
Both parties are to keep a copy for a minimum of 3 years.Mob based movements are to be recorded on the PigPass website.
3. Purchasers to Provide PIC
If you are buying pigs make sure you provide the saleyard or vendor with the destination Property Identification Code (PIC) - PIC of the property the pigs are to be moved to.