The livestock record tracking system to manage the record of domestic livestock transparently discloses overall distribution process from livestock production to sales. In addition, barcode printed on ear-tag of livestock is used to monitor livestock to prevent false sales such as false labeling of origin. In the case of one-dimension barcode, however, it has the weakness of not being able to store data and restore data upon contamination or damage. As a new technology to substitute such bar

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... e, the attention is paid to NFC, a near field communication device, with the highest potential to replace bar code and RFID. This paper will proposed an information of livestock traceability managing method in the cloud environment using NFC (Near Field Communication). By utilizing smart devices equipped with NFC function, scanning NFC tag, and using wireless connection method such as 3g, LTE, and Wifi, a user can monitor the information as it is synchronized with the history information of cloud server. NFC based livestock history tracking system is divided into raising, butchery, processing, and sale and the information collected in each stage is saved to history cloud. Then, the history management information saved can be monitored through smart devices of user or web portal. Also, XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is used and managed in order to convert livestock information into electronic documents. Based on this, the information being sold is provided to consumers to allow safe purchase and when sanitation and safety issue occurs, it allows swift response such as collecting or discarding beef by tracking livestock record information.