March 18, 2006
On Tracking All Animals in the U.S.
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) wants to create a national system that the federal government will use to trace, within 48 hours, the origin of any animal in the food chain that has been infected, either by disease or by terrorists. As usual, this starts with the creation of that dreaded ‘database’.
Not surprisingly, this has raised the hackles of concerned citizens who may not be wrong in thinking that citizens are next target for such database. Imagine that hellish scenario of tagging everyone. Now, who would want that?
Let’s go back to NAIS’ plans. This is a partnership between the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (representing the biggest meat producers in the U.S.) and and the National Pork Producers Council, and the makers of high-tech animal-ID equipment, such as Micro Beef Technologies and Digital Angel.
In development since 2002, NAIS is being introduced in phase. Eventually, RFID tags will be tracked in real-time by a Global Positioning System.
Via [WorldNetDaily]
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