NAIS Cattle ID Pilot Projects Not Needed Says ScoringAg
While
NAIS regional pilot projects merely promised some limited animal ID and
tracking results after a few years of study, ScoringAg’s Web-based
traceup / traceback database system delivers real time results in
seconds – in operation now for all livestock species, using high-speed,
wireless RFID and precise premises locations.
ScoringAg’s
livestock tracking and traceback system provides a true traceback and
traceup for livestock movement and activities in real time throughout
the animal’s life cycle – from the original producer to the
packinghouse, and if needed on to the final consumer.
The key
is ScoringAg’s unique premises identification: PIDC is a precise
location ID based on uniform premises codes for all locations
throughout the world, wherever livestock are raised, grazed, harvested,
processed, and shipped. ScoringAg’s database provides for the linking
of all other premises ID codes for all varying states and regions to
accommodate livestock movement from one state and region to another,
and all active locations nationwide and around the world.
Instead
of waiting for hours or days for animal health history – which is the
stated “goal” of the proposed NAIS animal ID consortium – all field
data updates, including those that are available on the animal’s public
page, are displayed instantly – in real time – as they occur, when and
where the data is collected and uploaded – in the field or in chutes at
auctions, feedlots, packing plants, and elsewhere. Only ScoringAg’s
system is ready and able to deliver this level of secure information in
just seconds to those in need during a catastrophic event. The animal’s
public records page can also show other tags, brands or tattoos, or a
photo of the animal if needed. This gives an additional means of animal
ID when RFID ear tags are lost or stolen and only the animal’s unique
identifying characteristics can give positive ID.
ScoringAg’s
Web-based databank uses its secure Internet interconnections and
servers to provide real-time traceup and traceback, as well as complete
traceability and animal movement history, to geographically diverse
livestock groups – from original producers through all production
stages, using a system of checkpoints to account for tagged livestock
as they move through the system. This traceup and traceback for
agriculture and livestock entities and their products is secure and
available to qualified users, from the producer to the consumer
worldwide at all levels of the chain of custody, as required.
ScoringAg’s
field data collection system records all animal activities with
reference to its ID and current location. Actions taken on the animal,
including such activities as birth, vaccination, medical treatment,
feeding, sale, transport, etc. at each premises are recorded at the
date and time that the actions occur, establishing a system of
accountability in real time, to ensure compliance and the absolute
identity of livestock within the system.
All animal and
livestock types are accounted for in ScoringAg, such as beef and dairy
cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, and more, as well as a wide range
of wild and domestic animals (for example, deer, elk, alpaca, ostrich,
buffalo, poultry, fish, aquaculture, and more). All market and industry
sectors are included within ScoringAg’s system for a complete chain of
custody in handling livestock: including producers, auction and market
operators, direct and order buyers, feedlot operators, live animal
transporters, packing plants, and wholesale and retail commodity
operations.
The Web-based system collects and records specific
data; such as, the animal’s RFID number, the premises number where that
animal passed by an RFID reader with high-speed, wireless data
transfer, and the exact time of the reading. The data in ScoringAg’s
database is then formatted for secure Web pages, for display on secure
screens for authorized persons (in the state where the data was
collected) within seconds, if required. This data collection and
reporting system uses the national phone infrastructure to relay data
in real time (whether within the range of cell towers or not) from the
high-speed RFID ear tag reader to ScoringAg Web servers with speed,
precision, and accuracy, at extremely low cost.
ScoringAg.com
and its traceback and traceup system for agriculture products,
featuring Site-Specific Recordkeeping™ and PIDC location code, is one
of the many divisions of ScoringSystem, Inc. Located in Sarasota,
Florida USA, the company specializes in providing solutions with mobile
data, via wireless PDAs, laptops, and Semacode-programmed Nokia,
Siemens, and Sony Ericsson cell phones. Whether using RFID or barcodes
for point-to-point traceup and traceback of livestock, from birth
through the packing plants and on to the consumer; or tracking
transport containers or perishable meats and other food consumer goods,
www.ScoringAg.com makes managing data easier – and does it in an extremely cost effective manner from “Field-to-Fork.”
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