National Animal Identification Workshop Set For April 3
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Discussions on the opportunities and challenges of the USDA-generated “A Business Plan to Advance Animal Disease Traceability” and pending implementation of Country of Origin Labeling are two key topics on the agenda of the 2008 ID•INFO Workshop slated for Thursday, April 3, in Indianapolis, Ind. This year’s one-day workshop will be conducted in conjunction with the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) annual meeting.
“In respect of everyone’s time, this year’s ID•INFO Workshop is being condensed into one day,” states Glenn Fischer, Planning Group Chair of the ID•INFO Workshop. “With this tight time frame, we’re going to hit topics hard and fast and depart the workshop with solutions and more answers than questions.”
USDA’s Business Plan to Advance Animal Disease Traceability kicks off the morning’s discussion with National NAIS coordinator Neil Hammerschmidt delivering an update on the Plan. Hammerschmidt will be followed by a healthy discussion on the Plan’s challenges and opportunities from three perspectives: state, industry and information systems.
