NAIS One Step Closer
NCBA Cattle: U.S. Animal Movement Database Rolled Out
The National Animal Movement Database, which will allow U.S. Department of Agriculture health officials to trace an animal or group of animals back to their source quickly, was rolled out Thursday.
Charles Miller, chairman of the directing organization called the U.S. Animal Identification Organization, said the system seeks and stores only four pieces of data: the premises identification number, the individual animal or the group number, the date of the "event" necessitating the input of information into the Web-based system and the "event" code, which identifies whether the event is the birth, first sale, slaughter or a list of other possibilities.
Another step towards the enslavement of all animal producers to the USDA's whims. Write your Congressmen, state officials and local papers. More voices are needed hearing opposition to this.
Remember, an ear tag, ID number, or premise ID, never stopped a disease, it just enslaves animal owners to the government.
