Mandatory animal ID can help the American livestock industry. Having the ability to identify and trace animals is a great advantage when trying to limit the movement of diseases. Traceability is something that other countries want. If America can create a traceability system, they could export more meat from animals and improve the economy. The cost of applying tags to the animals is reasonably affordable.
Limiting the movement of diseases will decrease the amount of diseased animals and improve the quality of the product. Identifying diseased animals and being able to trace their contact with healthy animals, is very important, not only to the producers, but to the consumers as well. No one wants to find out that the steak that they have …show more content…
However, this is what America needs. Identifying every single animal would create jobs for Americans: “Dale Blasi, Kansas State University beef cattle specialist, concurs. He expects the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) to create market niches for people to provide animal identification services” (Berg). People would have to manufacture the tags and ship them to regional warehouses. From the warehouses, people would be needed to organize and deliver tags to local veterinary clinics. Producers could then buy the tags at the veterinary clinics and use them when needed. When the producer puts the tag in the animal’s ear, he will need to register the number, either online or through the mail. People will have to read those numbers and put them in the …show more content…
Animal Identification will help the United States in the commodity part of the economy: “Cattle traceability also likely to help the United States retain market access to a particular import country in the event of either a food-safety or animal disease occurrence” (Schroeder and Tonsor 5). Japan, for example, has had Mad-Cow Disease in its country before. They will be happy to buy meat that is disease free. Having the animals that are intended for meat consumption identified will help the United States make more money when selling meat to other countries. If the other countries want the identification tags, someone has to take charge of the concern: “Parties with perhaps the greatest interest in traceability are meat exporters who must have systems in place to comply with the identification requirements of importing countries” (Mitchell 60). Not only do the people in charge of exporting meat, care about the Identification tags, but anyone who cares about making the livestock market better. Some countries feel strongly about knowing where their food came from: “John Bulter CEO of Beef Marketing Group, notes that Japanese importers would often pay U.S. packers $20 to $40 more for each head of cattle that was source- and age-verified. Such animals would be traced back to the ranch by U. S. operators” (Mitchell 60). If Japan would pay $20 to $40 more for cattle with an identification
Limiting the movement of diseases will decrease the amount of diseased animals and improve the quality of the product. Identifying diseased animals and being able to trace their contact with healthy animals, is very important, not only to the producers, but to the consumers as well. No one wants to find out that the steak that they have …show more content…
However, this is what America needs. Identifying every single animal would create jobs for Americans: “Dale Blasi, Kansas State University beef cattle specialist, concurs. He expects the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) to create market niches for people to provide animal identification services” (Berg). People would have to manufacture the tags and ship them to regional warehouses. From the warehouses, people would be needed to organize and deliver tags to local veterinary clinics. Producers could then buy the tags at the veterinary clinics and use them when needed. When the producer puts the tag in the animal’s ear, he will need to register the number, either online or through the mail. People will have to read those numbers and put them in the …show more content…
Animal Identification will help the United States in the commodity part of the economy: “Cattle traceability also likely to help the United States retain market access to a particular import country in the event of either a food-safety or animal disease occurrence” (Schroeder and Tonsor 5). Japan, for example, has had Mad-Cow Disease in its country before. They will be happy to buy meat that is disease free. Having the animals that are intended for meat consumption identified will help the United States make more money when selling meat to other countries. If the other countries want the identification tags, someone has to take charge of the concern: “Parties with perhaps the greatest interest in traceability are meat exporters who must have systems in place to comply with the identification requirements of importing countries” (Mitchell 60). Not only do the people in charge of exporting meat, care about the Identification tags, but anyone who cares about making the livestock market better. Some countries feel strongly about knowing where their food came from: “John Bulter CEO of Beef Marketing Group, notes that Japanese importers would often pay U.S. packers $20 to $40 more for each head of cattle that was source- and age-verified. Such animals would be traced back to the ranch by U. S. operators” (Mitchell 60). If Japan would pay $20 to $40 more for cattle with an identification