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The USDA failed to get support for their proposed National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Last year they got a resounding “NO!!!!!” from the public and farmers both at the hearings and in Federal Registry comments. Yet, they keep trying to shove this dead horse down our throats…

Public Meetings

USDA is hosting public meetings to discuss animal disease traceability. Public meetings will take place from 8:00 AM-4:00 PM local time, with registration beginning at 7:00 AM.

Wednesday, August 18
Crowne Plaza Madison
4402 East Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53704
Agenda for Wisconsin Meeting

Friday, August 20
Doubletree Hotel Atlanta Airport
3400 Norman Berry Drive
Atlanta, GA 30344

Tuesday, August 24
Red Lion Hotel
2525 N 20th Avenue
Pasco, WA 99301
Agenda for Georgia and Washington Meetings
Additional meetings will be scheduled in the coming weeks. If you have any questsion or comments regarding the meetings, please contact us at traceability@aphis.usda.gov.
-USDA Web Blight

What part of “No!” does the government not understand? Do you feel raped yet? Time to start screaming.

The USDA is holding limited meetings about their new version of NAIS. If you are able to attend please do so. Here is the Agenda:

Preliminary Agenda
Animal Disease Traceability
Public Industry Forum
June 24 & July 1, 2010
8:00am- 4:00pm
Locations: Salt Lake City, Utah and Fort Worth, Texas

Meeting Purpose

To allow the industry to provide input to APHIS and the Regulatory Working Group on the animal disease traceability framework, including the traceability regulation and traceability performance standards being developed.

Meeting Objectives
1. Review and clarify the new framework
2. Discuss approaches to performance based regulations
3. Deliberate performance standard concepts developed by the Regulatory Working Group

Morning (Registration, 7:00-8:00am)

Morning (Meeting
will start at 8:00am) Welcome and Opening Remarks Meeting Moderator
APHIS Official
Regulatory Working Group Representative

Presentations,
Animal Disease Traceability Framework
Description: Share the new components and concepts of the traceability framework with Industry and the general public.
Report of the Regulatory Working Group
Description: Provide a summary of their discussion and thought processes regarding the new traceability framework and proposed rule being considered.

Mid-morning-Early
Afternoon

Small Group Sessions

Description: Meeting participants will be asked to share suggestions for solutions on current discussion of concepts and conceptual ideas. Discussion of small group may be shared with the larger group. Questions will be asked around the following topics:
- Feedback on preliminary traceability performance standards
- Consequences for States and Tribes not complying with performance standards

Moderated Questions and Answers, APHIS Official

Final Comments and Thoughts, APHIS Official
Adjourn

Public Meetings

USDA is hosting public meetings to discuss animal disease traceability. Public meetings will take place from 8:00 AM-4:00 PM local time, with registration beginning at 7:00 AM.

Thursday, June 24
Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel
150 West 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Thursday, July 1
Holiday Inn DFW Airport South
14320 Center Station Drive
Ft. Worth, TX 76155

Additional meetings will be scheduled in the coming weeks. If you have any questsion or comments regarding the meetings, please contact us at traceability@aphis.usda.gov

Based on the above agenda it looks like they are very tightly controlling the situation and not looking for actual public or small farmer feedback.

Promoted from comments by Beverly:

I went to a Farm Bureau meeting in Owensville, MO last Monday. It was about the HSUS, Human Society of the United States trying to pass an amendment to the Missouri Constitution to regulate dog breeders, but they say it is the foot in the door for more regulations. I saw that the policy of the HSUS is “Stop any further breeding of companion animals, including purebred dogs and cats” and “Eliminate all animal agriculture”.

We should be very careful with these “animal activates”. They have gotten too big (just like PETA)climing to help, where it shows that they KILL almost 95% of the animanl they claim to rescue. They think that “rescue” means to “KILL THEM”. Less than 5% of the money they get from donations (which people think are going to there local shealter) goes to any? shelter. Donations are use for lobbists, government payoffs, and high salary employees……nothing goes to help any animals.

Please get this message out to stop people from giving them donations….they think the only good animal is a DEAD ONE!