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pleased with the idea of the program.
By last November the CCIA had set
up a toll-free number for producers to
call to get information. In a press
release, Cindy McCreath,
information officer with CCIA said
there was a need to "counteract the
misinformation that is circulating by
making factual information available
to producers."
In April, CCIA answered some of
the criticism from producers by
announcing a revised timetable.
Though the deadline of July I, 2001
for tagging animals moving off the
farm will remain, "Enforcement will
take the form of education and
information for the one-year period
beginning July 1, 2001," said Block.
"By doing this we will have the
opportunity to meet with every
producer so that they understand the
reasons for the program."
Some existing identification
programs have been
harmonized with the new CCIA
program. Beef Improvement Ontario
with its BIO -LINK birth to beef
information service has linked up so
that producers will only need to have
one ear tag for both systems.
Likewise the Canadian Angus
Association's green identification
tags for the Canadian Angus
Certification Program have been
approved by CCIA.
"We're really pleased this tag has
been accepted for the dual purpose of
identifying cattle with at least 50 per
cent Angus influence and also for the
purpose of the national ID program,"
said Mabel Hamilton, past president
of the Canadian Angus Association
and purebred cattle representative on
the CCIA board.
In fact many producers are hoping
the identification program is just the
beginning of an information stream
that will go in both directions. They
hope to see the system developed to
the point where carcass information'
can be collected and fed back down
the line to feedlot operators and the
cow -calf operator who produced the
calf in the first place. That way the
producer will benefit from the
program by being able to improve
breeding. And of course the
consumer would gain from that too.
That can make it a win-win situation
for everyone.0