Melissa Briggs
National Animal Identification System: USDA Needs to Resolve Several Key Implementation Issues to Achieve Rapid and Effective Disease Traceback
In 2003, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nationwide program that requires farmers to attach an ID number and global positioning device on each and every one of their domestic animals. The purpose of this new law is to respond quickly to animal disease breakouts related to our food. Kingsolver provides a bias opinion on the matter, because the new identification is very time consuming and may run farmer’s out of business; the cost of tagging the animals and placing a locating device can cost anywhere from one dollar to twenty dollars per animal, which could potentially bankrupt the local farmers. On the other hand, the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) could potentially decrease the amount of disease outbreaks by finding the source sooner, and therefore then cutting off the selling of that product. The pros and cons of the NAIS seem to weigh out.
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