When NIWA (the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research) conducted a major research project into stock assessment levels of snapper on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island, they needed to tag and release many thousands wild fish. Tagged fish were likely to be caught and eaten. Both the Ministry of Fisheries and fishing industry stakeholders were concerned that someone might be hurt if glass tags were used.
For the project to proceed, ENSID developed a food-safe alternative.
Made from FDA-approved surgical plastics and manufactured using a patented plastic infusion process, our food-safe RFID tags are available in:11 x 2.7 mm or 22 x 4.6 mm sizes ISO or non-ISO models read/write options 134.2 or 125 kHz frequencies coloured for easy retrieval
Our food-safe tags can withstand temperatures of -50°C to 160°C and have withstood pressures up to 900 bar.
Hallprint have further developed the food-safe PIT tagging platform by developing and refining processes by which both glass and ENSID Technologies plastic PIT tags can be embedded into our range of high quality external plastic tags such as our PIT tag capable standard anchor T-Bar tags (type TBA-PIT).
Contact David Hall today at davidhall@hallprint.com.au to discuss how to start practising safe PIT tagging before it is too late!
