A coalition led by farmers and ranchers is using a last-minute strategy to stop USDA’s new Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) program. The groups involved are using economic grounds – especially the added costs that animal
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Animal Traceability Comment Period Extended
Procrastinators are getting an extra 30 days to get their comments in on the new animal traceability rule.
USDA published a notice Friday officially extending the comment period to Dec. 9, moving the deadline forward
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USDA Has New Scheme to Trace Animal Disease
For most of the past decade, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
tried to get farmers and ranchers to accept the National Animal
Identification System (NAIS) without success.
NAIS
was to be a high tech solution,
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NAIS Dead, Food Safety Not A Goal
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack killed the $142 million National Animal Identification System (NAIS), and any hope it might contribute to food safety, last week.
At a meeting of state agriculture commissioners, Vilsack said the NAIS
Ag Groups Call for Death to NAIS
One cannot help but wonder if the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has bitten off more than it can chew when it comes to tracking animals.
Five years and $147 million after USDA opted to
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NAIS: Simpler Technology Fuels Fire
No sooner have most people pronounced NAIS dead-on-arrival, than a number of recent events may have breathed life back into the U.S.A.’s National Animal Identification Scheme. A combination of market forces aligned with a simplified
Technology Aids Traceability
In a new white paper published by TraceGains and HCL America, authors William Pape of TraceGains and Ravi Sankar of HCL Technologies Limited offer an analysis of the business implications associated with traceability as required