Advocacy

24(1) Traceability is important for the beef industry as it,

• supports industry standards for commerce.
• enhances the competitive position of the industry,
• supports technology innovation, and,
• will improve tolerance ranges for tag readability and retention.

(2) To protect each individual producer’s property, information associated with traceability initiatives must be kept confidential.

(3) Continued development of livestock identification indicator technology is required as tag retention and read efficiency must improve.

(4) Incorporating digital technology and functionality is required for manifests to support traceability.

Approved: July 10, 2014

From Part 2 – Policy and Priorities of ABP’s Policy Manual