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National Animal Identification System (NAIS)
Fact Sheet
The
National Animal Identification System is being put into place “to
enable 48 hour traceback of the movements of any diseased or exposed
animal.”
The NAIS consists of three components:
Premises registration
Animal identification
Animal tracking
Those putting this into place do not consider you the owner of your
animals. Their approach to this is “We must ensure the
participation requirements of the NAIS not only provide the results
necessary to maintain the health of
the national herd…
The government is already encouraging voluntary registration on the
radio.
“The USDA…will enact regulations by early 2008, requiring
stakeholders to identify their premises and animals. At that time,
all animals leaving their current premises must be identified with
the AIN or Group/Lot ID.
“Even
with public funding, there will be costs to producers.
Both public and private funding will be required for the NAIS to
become fully operational. The Federal government is providing the
standards, national databases, and basic infrastructure.
States and Tribes will register premises within their areas. They
will also support the administration of animal identification and
tracking systems that will feed information into the national
database.
Producers will identify their animals and provide necessary records
to the databases.
Managers of shows and events will report a record of participating
animals.
Market operators and processing plants will provide animal location
records.
Service providers and third parties will assist by providing animal
identification and movement records to the NAIS on behalf of their
producer clients.
All
groups will need to provide labour.”
The Timetable
2005:
• Premises registration: July
2005: All States operational
• Animal identification:
August 2005: Initiate “840” number
with AIN tag manufacturers
and AIN tag managers
• Animal tracking:
January-December 2005: Test identification
and automated data collection
technologies
2006:
• Premises Registration: April
2006: Performance measure: 25% of all premises registered
• Animal identification: April
2006: AIN Management System fully operational
• Animal tracking:
- July 2006: Interstate
Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (ICVI) operational in all
States
- Focus on integration of
management systems to forward animal locations/sightings
2007
• Premises registration:
April 2007: Premises registration “alert” (scaled up communication
campaign to create awareness of January 2008 requirements for
premises registration).
• Animal identification:
April 2007: Animal identification alert (scaled up communication
campaign to create awareness of January 2008 requirements for
animal identification).
• Animal tracking:
- April 2007: Incentives to
report interstate movements using ICVI or electronic movement
permit system.
- October 2007:
Infrastructure established to collect animal termination records
at high capacity abattoirs.
- Initiate collection of
animal movements at concentration points (markets, feedlots,
etc.).
- Expand the integration of
management systems to forward animal locations/sightings.
NAIS Strategic Plan - DRAFT
Lines of Action
2008:
• Premises registration:
January 2008: All premises registered with enforcement (regardless
of livestock movements).
• Animal Identification:
January 2008: Animal identification required with enforcement.
• Animal tracking:
- July 2008: Collect high
percentage of animal termination records at abattoirs (processing
plants).
- July 2008: Collection and
reporting all defined movements.
2009:
- January 2009: Enforcement
for the reporting of animal movements.
-
NAIS fully
implemented and all components are mandatory.
Compiled from
www.usda.gov/nais click on “Draft Strategic Plan” on right side
of the page under “What’s New” heading.
© 2005, Reprinted from
the October, 2005
The Moneychanger
P.O. Box 178
Westpoint, Tenn. 38486
(888) 218-9226
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