now for some more confusion
farmer black breeds and sells pedigree pigs his biddie in is an enviormentalist and does not approve of notching or tattooing so he double tags all his pigs
farmer white buys an in pig gilt from farmer black(according to what has been posted) farmer white has to re identify that pig as his with his herd number therefore stopping him from breeding pedigree pigs because it cannot be id as the pedigree papers he was given when he sold it
farmer white gets jacked off with this and sells her on to farmer green who then has to tag her with his herd mark
farmer brown purloins this pig inserts his tag and beats the whole system and is well on his way to making his first million
no wonder we are having difficulty getting pigs back into shows in Scotland the only one that is making any money is the tag supplier
sheep and cattle are far easier to work with you apply for a replacement tag and is recordered as such (not having done this yet )
if you are sending a pig to slaughter your name on the form with address and farm code with the id number of that particular pig irrespective of who tagged it when and with what(as long as it survives the process of slaughter)is all that is required or am i to sensible with this factious pedigree pig AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT THE WHOLE TRACEBILITY b*****ks STOPS AT THE REMOVAL OF THE LAST TAG