Livestock Information Programme in Defra

Defra fulfils an important role in collecting information on what livestock there are in the UK, where they are, and who owns them. This information is critical to protecting against animal disease and food chain contamination, as well as maintaining consumer confidence in British meat products, particularly in terms of exporting such products globally. Defra currently operate a number of different IT solutions used to collect that information from livestock keepers, markets, abattoirs and meat processing facilitie...