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12-21-2009, 12:28 PM
Rules related to National Animal Identification System put on hold
Friday December 11 2009
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service declined to forecast publication of a final rule on National Animal Identification System; Use of 840 Animal Identification Numbers for U.S.-Born Animals Only, in the agency's semi-annual regulatory agenda published Dec. 7. APHIS spokeswoman Joelle Hayden tells Food Traceability Report that rules related to the NAIS have been placed on hold "until [Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack] has determined what the future direction of animal disease traceability will be. At that time, they will be reviewed and appropriate actions taken."
APHIS says the rulemaking would amend the regulations concerning the interstate movement of animals to limit the use of the animal number (AIN) with the 840 prefix to animals born in the United States. It also would require that if such a device is lost following importation into the United States, the animal may only be retagged with an official identification device using a numbering system other than an AIN beginning with an 840 prefix.
Friday December 11 2009
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service declined to forecast publication of a final rule on National Animal Identification System; Use of 840 Animal Identification Numbers for U.S.-Born Animals Only, in the agency's semi-annual regulatory agenda published Dec. 7. APHIS spokeswoman Joelle Hayden tells Food Traceability Report that rules related to the NAIS have been placed on hold "until [Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack] has determined what the future direction of animal disease traceability will be. At that time, they will be reviewed and appropriate actions taken."
APHIS says the rulemaking would amend the regulations concerning the interstate movement of animals to limit the use of the animal number (AIN) with the 840 prefix to animals born in the United States. It also would require that if such a device is lost following importation into the United States, the animal may only be retagged with an official identification device using a numbering system other than an AIN beginning with an 840 prefix.