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Opinion & Comment: Animal identification and product traceability
Posted by: JimEdwards on Apr 09, 2008 - 03:01 PM
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Must be progressively implemented worldwide
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 Dr Bernard Vallat
Marking animals to know who their owners are is a very ancient practice. Traditional livestock marking systems have existed since time immemorial. They were not generally motivated by health reasons. However, with the progressive intensification of animal production, new tools have been developed to enable animal marking methods to meet a multitude of new needs. Today, animal identification and traceability are important management tools in animal health and food safety. In many countries traceability of live domestic animals and of products of animal origin is a legal requirement.
The pillars of a traceability system are founded upon the identification of individual animals or homogenous groups of animals, the ability to track their movements, proper identification of premises, and recording of this information in appropriate registers.
In its capacity as a leading international standard-setting organisation for animal identification and traceability, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) helps its Member Countries and Territories to implement animal identification and traceability systems in order to improve the effectiveness of their policies and activities relating to disease prevention and control, animal production food safety, and certification of exports.
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