Category: nais
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Traceback
My friend over at <a href="http://northviewdiary.blogspot.com/">Northview</a> asked me last week my opinion about <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/bayer_content.asp?contentid=201462">this</a>. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>In letters sent to Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Rep. Dennis Rehberg, R-Mont., this week, R-CALF USA relayed that the organization has endorsed and supports what is referred to as The Traceback Bill, a…
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Risks
What are the real risks of contracting a disease. Sometimes people worry about the wrong things. The whole US beef ban in South Korea and limited market in Japan is all due to <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> and the fears that people will contract variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease from it. So what's the real chance of…
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Misleading
This has to fall into the misleading quote of the year awards.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>"The National Animal Identification System is one of the tougher programs to administer, but we are making progress with the voluntary approach," Knight said. "It doesn't cost anything, it's confidential, it's simple to do and, most importantly, it's the right thing to…
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Pay Attention
<blockquote>UNITED STATES CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION<br />nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />n <br />nFor More Information: Abra Belke, (202) 725-4600<br />nEmail Contact: abra@bigskystrategies.com<br />n <br />nFood Safety Events Escalate Need for Mandatory <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym><br />n <br />nSan Lucas , Calif. (May 14, 2007) ~ The melamine contamination scandal that began last March in pet food has…
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Another Round of BSE For Canada
A tenth case of <a href="http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2007/2007-05-03-02.asp"><acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> in Canada has been reported</a>. Why is this of such interest to me? It has ignited the debate on <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym> and expanding imports of Canadian cattle into the US.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, introduced legislation today that…
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Mandatory
<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=rfid&articleId=279030&taxonomyId=77" >Farmers Fear Livestock ID Mandate</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Independent livestock ranchers last week were quick to criticize signals that the new Congress may soon mandate implementation of the RFID-based National Animal Identification System.<br />n<br />nSigning on to the <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> program has been voluntary since it was first proposed in 2003, but…
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NAIS Feasibility
A little review to start with. What is the purpose of <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> and how is it going to be accomplished and who is the lead agency in it's implementation?<br />n<br />n<acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> is a program by the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by…
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Track It
I have been waiting for more information before commenting on the latest case of E-coli hitting our food markets. I see a little more information but no answers yet.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_bi_ge/e_coli_outbreak_taco_bell" >Officials: Lettuce source of E. coli</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Lettuce was the most likely source of an outbreak of E. coli linked to Taco Bell,…
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A Little Premature
I think this headline is a little premature.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://enews.prismb2b.com/enews/beef/beef_stocker_trends/current" > National ID Is Dead </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote> <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> effectively and quietly knocked the National Animal Identification System (<acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym>) in the head last Wednesday. It did…
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NAIS News
The Government now claims <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> will <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1152AP_Animal_ID.html">always be voluntary</a>. <br />n<br />nHA, IN A PIGS EAR!!!<br />n<br />nCheck out my thoughts on this at <a href="http://www.noanimalid.com/archives/84-Government-Vow.html">No Mandatory Animal ID</a>.<br />n<br />n<strong>The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. Niccolo Machiavelli</strong>