Rastreabilidade bovina na região Centro-Sul do estado de Mato Grosso: aspectos econômicos, técnicos e conceituais

Abstract

It was aimed to investigate economic aspects of the establishment of traceability inthe Mid-South region of MT, Brazil, methods of animal identification, complains, drawbacks anddegree of importance given by ranchers. During May to July 2009 were conducted interviews with13 owners of Rural Establishments Approved in SISBOV (ERAS) and the survey of economicvalues practiced by three certifying companies and one slaughterhouse from the region. All thefarms interviewed utilized earring and bottom. The main difficulties for the establishment oftracking were the frequent changes (46.30%), the understanding of the laws (30.57%), and thechoice of the certifier (23.13%). The greatest drawbacks of Cattle and Buffalo Identification andCertification System (SISBOV) were the excessive delay of official audits (53.85%), the instabilityof differential value (23.10%), loss of identification elements (15.39%) and the delay when requestedearring reprinting (7.69%). The importance ascribed was ensuring the credibility and addingvalue to the Brazilian product (84.61%). The individual value for the tracking process was R$ 4,34.The difference of tracked animal slaughtered for the European Union was R$ 10,73@-1. Theestablishment of the tracking system presented economic viability and the variation of the valuespaid by the tracked meat despite animals aiming exportation.