Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
NCBA, R-CALF, COOL, USDA (No Politics!)
The Value of a National ID System
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 58156" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>Heres part of an article that was in the Billings Gazette about the implementation of the National ID--I think the estimate of an $8 per head cost is a very modest guess- especially in the many areas of the country that have no or little inspection infrastructure in place.........</p><p></p><p></p><p>U.S. Cattle Industry Hits Prime Period as Consumer Demand Takes Off </p><p></p><p>Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana, December 10, 2004 </p><p></p><p></p><p>by Jim Gransbery, Billings Gazette, Mont. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Dec. 10--BILLINGS, Mont. -- </p><p> </p><p></p><p>Weaber said he expects the United States to open the border to Canadian live cattle sometime in 2005, with about 300,000 head of fed cattle coming into the United States next year. The border has been closed to live imports since May 2003 when a single cow in Alberta was found with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. U.S. exports to other countries have been on hold since last Christmas when a BSE infected dairy cow was identified in Washington State. That animal was later traced to a Canadian origin. </p><p></p><p>U.S. efforts to open its export market again and to enact a protocol for Canadian cattle coming into the United States continue, but are not expected to be completed soon. A tentative agreement with Japan, the largest foreign buyer of U.S. beef, is snagged on details for determining the age of the slaughter animals. </p><p></p><p>The origin of the meat supply has taken on new urgency since the BSE incidents and heightened concern for security from terrorists, noted John Paterson, the Extension beef specialist at Montana State University at Bozeman. </p><p></p><p>A push toward individual animal identification is driven by a desire to create a disease surveillance system, Paterson said. </p><p></p><p>"It is to trace, detect and eliminate disease," he said. The ID implementation is not a food safety program. </p><p></p><p>Individual identification is voluntary now but will become mandatory with an estimated cost of $500 million over five years. Paterson said the estimated cost of $8 per animal seem high to him. </p><p></p><p>The information on each animal would be stored in a national database controlled by the government. </p><p></p><p>He said cattlemen fear the information could be used by private third parties who could use it in a competitive situation and strict confidentiality of the information must be maintained. </p><p></p><p>Paterson said the national plan would require premises identification (the ranch) as well as an individual ID for each animal. The ID will have to be scanned, read and recorded at all levels of movement of the animals from ranch to feedlot to packing plant. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>-----</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 58156, member: 97"] Heres part of an article that was in the Billings Gazette about the implementation of the National ID--I think the estimate of an $8 per head cost is a very modest guess- especially in the many areas of the country that have no or little inspection infrastructure in place......... U.S. Cattle Industry Hits Prime Period as Consumer Demand Takes Off Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana, December 10, 2004 by Jim Gransbery, Billings Gazette, Mont. Dec. 10--BILLINGS, Mont. -- Weaber said he expects the United States to open the border to Canadian live cattle sometime in 2005, with about 300,000 head of fed cattle coming into the United States next year. The border has been closed to live imports since May 2003 when a single cow in Alberta was found with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. U.S. exports to other countries have been on hold since last Christmas when a BSE infected dairy cow was identified in Washington State. That animal was later traced to a Canadian origin. U.S. efforts to open its export market again and to enact a protocol for Canadian cattle coming into the United States continue, but are not expected to be completed soon. A tentative agreement with Japan, the largest foreign buyer of U.S. beef, is snagged on details for determining the age of the slaughter animals. The origin of the meat supply has taken on new urgency since the BSE incidents and heightened concern for security from terrorists, noted John Paterson, the Extension beef specialist at Montana State University at Bozeman. A push toward individual animal identification is driven by a desire to create a disease surveillance system, Paterson said. "It is to trace, detect and eliminate disease," he said. The ID implementation is not a food safety program. Individual identification is voluntary now but will become mandatory with an estimated cost of $500 million over five years. Paterson said the estimated cost of $8 per animal seem high to him. The information on each animal would be stored in a national database controlled by the government. He said cattlemen fear the information could be used by private third parties who could use it in a competitive situation and strict confidentiality of the information must be maintained. Paterson said the national plan would require premises identification (the ranch) as well as an individual ID for each animal. The ID will have to be scanned, read and recorded at all levels of movement of the animals from ranch to feedlot to packing plant. ----- [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
NCBA, R-CALF, COOL, USDA (No Politics!)
The Value of a National ID System
Top