USDA Animal Tracking Accelerated by Mad Cow
30 December, 2003
category: RFID
Forbes.com: U.S. livestock tracking system may begin mid-2004
“U.S. farmers and ranchers will take the first step toward a nationwide animal tracking system in mid-2004, a program intended to swiftly pinpoint the history of livestock suspected of mad cow disease or other dangerous diseases, program developers said on Monday.”
This program, featured in RFID News on December 9th, 2003, has found heightened public interest since Mad Cow was discovered in the United States.