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community pastures, veterinary
stations or livestock shows. As of
December, 2003, those exemptions
have been cancelled.
"The basic rule is to make sure
your cattle are tagged when they
leave home," he said. (Even those
cattle that leave home unexpectedly
— strays — are being traced by using
the tagging system, he said.)
There have only been 130 fines to
producers for not tagging animals,
though warnings have been issued.
Of course some people take
advantage of loopholes. There was a
five per cent allowance for tags that
might fall off the ears of cattle. Some
producers immediately began putting
95 tags on every 100 animals. Now
the requirement is that all cattle must
have a tag, but Gracey promised
there would be good judgement used
for the possibility that tags could be
lost in transit when an animal is
moved.
Despite the efficiency of the
identification program in tracing
animals, Canada's trading partners
want more, Gracey said. "They want
us to be able to trace all moves the
animal makes. We can't do that with
bar-coded tags, but we have to do
what has to be done."
Thus, beginning January 1, 2005
electronic radio frequency
identification tags will be required.
Bar-coded tags won't be available,
though producers will be able to use
up the supply they have. These tags
will allow more information to be
collected on every move the animal
makes, though the tags will still have
to be read individually. In future
there will be high frequency tags
available where one machine will be
able to record information on a whole
group of animals as they pass down a
chute.
The electronic tags will be a form
of "passport" for each animal but will
be far less cumbersome and
expensive than the European paper
passport system, Gracey said.
One of the few benefits of the
discovery of one BSE -infected cow
in the U.S. is that the Americans
have adopted an identification system
as well, Gracey said. That will bring
down the cost of tags as the volume
increases. Some American states
have already picked up the Canadian
identification system so the U.S.-