As we face threats from foreign animal diseases worldwide, livestock groups are working hard to improve the traceability of where animals have been moving around the country. This information helps detect disease origins and helps us to contain problem areas quickly.
Gene Noem of the U.S. Meat Export Federation’s Executive Committee says this is something that producers must also be concerned with.
Noem talks about the SHIP program that Iowa State developed with funding from the Pork Board.
Regionalization is an important part of the plan.
We will be talking more about traceability next week at World Pork Expo.
