MEP: The cost of electronic sheep tagging far outweighs the benefits

THE cost of electronic sheep tagging far outweighs the benefits with regard to traceability, the European Parliament has been told.

Marian Harkin, MEP, said the introduction of this measure could actually be the death knell for the sheep industry in Ireland.

She was speaking in support of a petition that a cost benefit analysis of the implications of electronic sheep tagging for farmers should be carried out before it is introduced in the European Union.