February 6, 2007

US pork industry moves towards ID system
 

The US pork industry looks all set to implement the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), believes Patrick Webb, director of swine health programmes for the National Pork Board in Des Moines, US.

Pork Industry Identification Working Group and the Swine Identification Implementation Task Force met to develop standards for pork producers.

While the former has been given the task to develop programme standards for swine, the latter is charged with putting them into place.

The US pork industry since 1988 has had an effective swine ID system modeled.