No Mandatory Animal ID

Tuesday, April 25. 2006

National Farmers Union Opposes NAIS

NFU opposes Animal ID program

The National Animal ID Program being proposed by USDA is being criticized by the National Farmers Union (NFU). President Tom Buis told Brownfield the government is headed down the wrong track. “They are headed for a disaster,” said Buis. He was particularly critical of the use of a public/private database system to track the movement of livestock.

Buis feels allowing private firms to profit from the creation and use of the database system is wrong. “I think they should go back to the drawing board and start over,” he suggested. The USDA has set a goal of having the system on line by 2007 and fully operational by 2009.

This entry was posted by Sarpy Sam on Tuesday, April 25. 2006 at 05:12. and is filed under Action Efforts. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog.

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