{"id":275,"date":"2010-02-12T13:20:28","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T17:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amishinternet.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2023-02-08T14:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:58:59","slug":"nais-coming-soon-mandatory-interstate-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amishinternet.com\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"NAIS ~~ Coming Soon, Mandatory Interstate Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Darol Dickinson & Russ McAfee<\/p>\n

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Dr. W. Ron DeHaven is CEO of the American Veterinary Medical Assn.<\/p><\/div>\n

USDA Sec. Vilsack announced during the morning of Feb. 5 that NAIS was over, ended, no more.<\/p>\n

His customary emotionless announcement was fairly brief, but the detailed USDA Factsheet (Click here for factsheet<\/a>) released simultaneously required seven pages of small print describing the animal ID “will do’s” and “won’t do’s”–all of which will be enforced at some future date in a to-be-determined manner.<\/p>\n

The New York Times reported this based on information from an “unidentified USDA informant.”<\/p>\n

At once thousands of emails flew from around the globe with nearly as much excitement outside the US as the home land.<\/p>\n

Ranch and cattle producers smiled and nodded.<\/p>\n

But it seems the victory may be short lived.<\/p>\n

Now comes a lone government employee saying he cannot endorse Sec. Vilsack’s new announcement.<\/p>\n

Dr. W. Ron DeHaven is CEO of the American Veterinary Medical Assn. The US \tveterinarian head count is 100,728 licensed practitioners; of which 930 are \tFederal Veterinarians, employed by APHIS, and 23 are Homeland Security staff \tveterinarians.<\/p>\n

DeHaven has always been a verbal supporter of mandatory NAIS. He says Vilsack “… has been caving to this public resistance…”<\/p>\n

DeHaven’s “public resistance” is the overwhelming<\/em> majority of livestock producers who opposed the NAIS for a list of reasons that would choke a giraffe.<\/p>\n

According to DeHaven, the mag-daddy of veterinarians, none of these “resistors” should \thave had any voice in the NAIS’s demise, and Secretary Vilsack should not have \tlistened to them.<\/p>\n

One gets the feeling he would like to see Vilsack go away, and himself take \tcontrol.<\/p>\n

Then again, DeHaven has shot his mouth off before, under oath. He showed \this out-of-touch thinking March 11, 2009 when he testified to the House Committee \ton Agriculture as a hand picked presenter. He stated, “If the US is to remain \tcompetitive or grow export markets, an effective NAIS will be required.”<\/p>\n

Evidently unknown to DeHaven, the US has been a \tnet importer<\/em> of beef for the last 21 years. Last year, the \tcountry exported $2,183,977,168 in beef and imported $4,857,454,008.<\/p>\n

We haven’t produced enough beef to feed the nation in 21 years, yet DeHaven confidently testified that future exports are imperative.<\/p>\n

USDA released their NAIS Fact Sheet February 5. It states:<\/p>\n

“What is certain is that animal disease traceability will be required for animals \tmoving in interstate commerce. . .To ensure interstate compatibility and \tconnectivity, APHIS will work with States and Tribal Nations in establishing \tstandards and guidelines where free or low-cost tags will be incorporated as \toptions.”<\/em><\/p>\n

DeHaven says the AVMA cannot endorse the Vilsack new approach:<\/p>\n

“As I understand it, they will let each state and tribal nation more or less develop \ttheir own program? So, I’m concerned about interoperability between fifty or \tmore different systems. Will one state be able to talk to another state as an animal \tmoves through interstate commerce?”
\nDeHaven’s Audio: “Click Here<\/a>” <\/strong><\/p>\n

From this statement, it would appear DeHaven has never processed an interstate veterinarian animal health certificate.<\/p>\n

Here is how it works, and has for every veterinarian’s lifetime:<\/p>\n