Comments on: US Govt demands ID of all farm animals http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/14/us-govt-demands-id-of-all-farm-animals/ Challenging ID Demands Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:33:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Anonymous http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/14/us-govt-demands-id-of-all-farm-animals/#comment-33809 Anonymous Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:55:16 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/14/us-govt-demands-id-of-all-farm-animals/#comment-33809 <strong>Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » US Govt demands ID of all farm ... </strong> Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » US Govt demands ID of all farm …

]]> By: mordel http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/14/us-govt-demands-id-of-all-farm-animals/#comment-111 mordel Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:45:25 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/10/14/us-govt-demands-id-of-all-farm-animals/#comment-111 From http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/about/top_reasons.shtml : It's voluntary. Participation is your choice. USDA has no plans to make participation in any component of NAIS mandatory However, as you mention about the state ag agents, the NAIS's spotlight story describes a County Fair that has mandated that all entries must be tagged. This is touted as something that makes it easier to ID the animals for showing. http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/newsroom/spotlight_fair.shtml It's certainly possible to implement without infringing liberties or hurting small farming initiatives. Question is, will they? From http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/about/top_reasons.shtml :

It’s voluntary.
Participation is your choice.
USDA has no plans to make participation in any component of NAIS mandatory

However, as you mention about the state ag agents, the NAIS’s spotlight story describes a County Fair that has mandated that all entries must be tagged. This is touted as something that makes it easier to ID the animals for showing. http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/newsroom/spotlight_fair.shtml

It’s certainly possible to implement without infringing liberties or hurting small farming initiatives. Question is, will they?

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