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NATIONAL
ANIMAL
IDENTIFICATION
SYSTEM
UPDATE
October
30,
2007
On
October
18,
2007,
the
U.S.
Department
of
Agriculture
released
a
new
68-page
document
entitled
“A
Business
Plan
to
Advance
Animal
Disease
Traceability.”
Actually,
it
is
a
discussion
draft
business
plan
that
sets
out
7
strategies
to
advance
traceability.
It
is
intended
to
supplement
the
74-page
NAIS
Draft
User
Guide
which
was
issued
last
year.
The
User
Guide
remains
the
primary
document
that
explains
how
producers
(livestock
owners
and
breeders)
can
participate
in
NAIS
should
they
choose
to
do
so.
USDA
is
updating
the
User
Guide
and
intends
to
re-publish
it
in
December
2007.
Before
the
draft
business
plan
is
published
or
posted
on
the
NAIS
website,
it
is
being
shared
with
the
individual
species
working
groups,
such
as
the
Goat
Working
Group,
for
a
preview.
USDA
intends
to
publish
a
revised
draft
of
the
plan
in
early
December
for
broad
review
and
comment.
Attached
to
this
report
is
the
Table
of
Contents,
and
a
three-page
Executive
Summary
of
the
plan
just
released
by
USDA.
If
after
reading
the
Executive
Summary,
you
would
like
to
obtain
a
copy
of
the
whole
Business
Plan,
just
email
me
at
rhoyt@charter.net
and
I
will
email
it
to
you.
Also,
if
a
copy
of
the
current
User
Guide
is
desired,
email
me
for
that
document
as
well.
Ray
Hoyt
NPGA
President
NAIS
Coordinator
NPGA
HER
Committee
Member
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