Subject Description: This subject area focuses on legal and policy developments related to animal identification. An animal identification system traces the whereabouts and movement of certain animals. While government officials and private industry had been working on the issue prior to the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in late 2003, USDA announced that it would expedite its animal identification efforts in the wake of the discovery.Animal Identification
Subject Description: This subject area focuses on legal and policy developments related to animal identification. An animal identification system traces the whereabouts and movement of certain animals. While government officials and private industry had been working on the issue prior to the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in late 2003, USDA announced that it would expedite its animal identification efforts in the wake of the discovery.
