Hallprint's exclusive distributorship of ENSID Technologies Ltd's (ENSID's) food-safe ruggedised RFID PIT tags is providing researchers with peace of mind when tagging fish that could one day become food on the plate. Why expose your organisation to the risk of expensive litigation by using glass capsule PIT tags that could very easily cause grievous harm to the consumer if accidentally consumed?
Hallprint's implantable plastic food-safe and ruggedised PIT tags were developed jointly by ENSID and New Zealand's National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) as part of a snapper (wild marine fish) stock assessment project for the New Zealand Government in 2000-2003. Any tagged fish that entered the human food chain had to be safe to eat. Glass tags were too risky, so ENSID and NIWA successfully developed a food-safe alternative.
Hallprint are now the primary global distributor of these food-safe solid plastic PIT tags on behalf of ENSID Technologies Ltd to fisheries and aquaculture markets world-wide. The PIT tag electronics are completely embedded and encapsulated in surgical plastic and food grade resin and acrylic with no glass. They can withstand extreme temperature, pressure and shock, and are compatible with most RFID scanners. They bond quickly with tissue and, unlike glass, do not need additional coatings to prevent the tag migrating in the animal. They are also colored red for easier visibility and retrieval upon recapture.
We also provide a range of supporting products for our food-safe tags including single-shot and multi-shot applicators (see product information section of web site).
Hallprint have also developed processes that enable glass or plastic capsule PIT tags to be moulded into many of our standard external fish tags includng T-Bar tags (types TBF and TBA) and plastic tipped dart tags (type PDA). These tags can also be printed with ID numbers and return information to allow additional recapture information from anglers and commercial fishers and have been successfully used on fishway migration projects and saltwater stock assessment projects already.
Hallprint's ENSID brand PIT tags and external RFID PIT tags are already revolutionalising the effectiveness, efficiency and food safety levels of PIT tagging projects for fisheries stock assessment programmes
