National Animal ID Program in The Works

8/13/2003 National Animal ID Program in The Works - 8/11 Herd on the Hill

Cattle Buyers Weekly (CBW) reported today that Phase One of the plan, called Premises ID, may be in place by July 2004. Premises ID requires that standardized premise ID numbers be established for all production operations, markets, assembly points, exhibitions and processing plants.

The U.S. Animal Identification Program (USAIP), as it is initially being termed, is the result of a year and a half of rigorous work. The draft plan was developed by the Animal Identification Development Team with the goal of identification of all contact premises within 48 hours of a foreign animal disease discovery. The team reportedly expects that it will complete its mission in the next sixty days, and that the resulting plan be available to industry stakeholders for review and comment at that time.

Reportedly, the team has outlined Phase Two. It calls for individual identification for cattle in commerce. Other food animal and livestock species would require all animals entering commerce be identified through individual or group/lot identification, according to CBW. Phase Two reportedly would be in place by early 2006.

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