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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 201355" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>WO ranch-- As far as I can read the original NAIS proposal, and as it has been explained to me- which is what the USDA is pushing for if they get their way- every "sighting" of your cattle will need to have an inspection recording- no matter if it is for a vaccination or if your cow crawls the fence and is called in for being outside its pasture..... Each of these inspections will cost the owner- how much?- no one knows.....</p><p></p><p>My local vet has said that if he has to buy the computer and reader equipment and hire someone to do the additional paperwork required under the law that he would be looking at a price of $10 per head just for the health inspections because of the time and cost involved- and around here vets are few and far between, so you can't shop around....</p><p></p><p>My cattle have been IDed for 40+ years - eartag and brands-- but I don't think you realize what a costly bureaucracy is being created with this new ID proposal....</p><p></p><p>As far as M-COOL is concerned-- every bit of beef and all live cattle coming into the US today is already identified and marked as to country of origin--but the packers/ retailers are still cutting off the labels ( or disregarding them) and relabeling with a USDA inspected stamp and passing it off to unknowing US consumers as US product.....</p><p></p><p>M-ID doesn't guarantee the Packers/retailers will pass any info on to consumers- or back to producers......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 201355, member: 97"] WO ranch-- As far as I can read the original NAIS proposal, and as it has been explained to me- which is what the USDA is pushing for if they get their way- every "sighting" of your cattle will need to have an inspection recording- no matter if it is for a vaccination or if your cow crawls the fence and is called in for being outside its pasture..... Each of these inspections will cost the owner- how much?- no one knows..... My local vet has said that if he has to buy the computer and reader equipment and hire someone to do the additional paperwork required under the law that he would be looking at a price of $10 per head just for the health inspections because of the time and cost involved- and around here vets are few and far between, so you can't shop around.... My cattle have been IDed for 40+ years - eartag and brands-- but I don't think you realize what a costly bureaucracy is being created with this new ID proposal.... As far as M-COOL is concerned-- every bit of beef and all live cattle coming into the US today is already identified and marked as to country of origin--but the packers/ retailers are still cutting off the labels ( or disregarding them) and relabeling with a USDA inspected stamp and passing it off to unknowing US consumers as US product..... M-ID doesn't guarantee the Packers/retailers will pass any info on to consumers- or back to producers...... [/QUOTE]
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