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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 12758"><p>I concur. Traceability will happen in the US probably very soon. I myself am surprised that it hasn't already. Probably because much US beef is produced by small farmers and this will be difficult to enforce or audit. At the very least the trail could or already does start at the livestock auction markets we have. I earn my living in the logistics field mainly through movement of Florida citrus all over the world. Beef is my secondary. Citrus is a product which is VERY safe. The part you actually eat is never exposed to the outside until the consumer peels it. The traceability of this product is unbelievable. As if it weren't enough, they are working on technologies to trace the fruit back to it's actual tree of harvest. I can confirm that Europeans mostly but Japanese as well, are very much concerned with tracebility. But then most of this product nowadays is produced by large growers and the days of backyard farming are over making it more reasonable. All this already in place for products which are much less likely to be "unsafe" for consumption. I'm waiting to hear what our USDA will propose for traceability, and will implement as soon as possible.</p><p></p><p>> ok, here is my little bit of</p><p>> comment on the current US</p><p>> situation with BSE.</p><p></p><p>> the big problem europe (i'm</p><p>> european) asia and other parts of</p><p>> the world have with US beef is the</p><p>> impossibility to trak the beef on</p><p>> every step in the production</p><p>> chain. in belgium we use an eartag</p><p>> with a barcode that is being read</p><p>> every time the animal moves from</p><p>> owner to owner, and even after</p><p>> slaughter, the barcode follows the</p><p>> cuts around. in the case of ground</p><p>> beef the slaughterhouse must keep</p><p>> records of which cattle went into</p><p>> the ground beef. so that still we</p><p>> can check of which cattle the</p><p>> ground beef is composed.</p><p></p><p>> this lack of id in the us is a</p><p>> major concern in europe, and now</p><p>> with BSE, it will not be long</p><p>> before europe sets its import</p><p>> standards to properly id'd cattle.</p><p></p><p>> now i would like to hear your</p><p>> comments on the possibility of</p><p>> this in your situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 12758"] I concur. Traceability will happen in the US probably very soon. I myself am surprised that it hasn't already. Probably because much US beef is produced by small farmers and this will be difficult to enforce or audit. At the very least the trail could or already does start at the livestock auction markets we have. I earn my living in the logistics field mainly through movement of Florida citrus all over the world. Beef is my secondary. Citrus is a product which is VERY safe. The part you actually eat is never exposed to the outside until the consumer peels it. The traceability of this product is unbelievable. As if it weren't enough, they are working on technologies to trace the fruit back to it's actual tree of harvest. I can confirm that Europeans mostly but Japanese as well, are very much concerned with tracebility. But then most of this product nowadays is produced by large growers and the days of backyard farming are over making it more reasonable. All this already in place for products which are much less likely to be "unsafe" for consumption. I'm waiting to hear what our USDA will propose for traceability, and will implement as soon as possible. > ok, here is my little bit of > comment on the current US > situation with BSE. > the big problem europe (i'm > european) asia and other parts of > the world have with US beef is the > impossibility to trak the beef on > every step in the production > chain. in belgium we use an eartag > with a barcode that is being read > every time the animal moves from > owner to owner, and even after > slaughter, the barcode follows the > cuts around. in the case of ground > beef the slaughterhouse must keep > records of which cattle went into > the ground beef. so that still we > can check of which cattle the > ground beef is composed. > this lack of id in the us is a > major concern in europe, and now > with BSE, it will not be long > before europe sets its import > standards to properly id'd cattle. > now i would like to hear your > comments on the possibility of > this in your situation. [/QUOTE]
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