News Release

                   
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 20, 2007
 

Contact: Gale Johnson
 540-635-4564
gjohnson@animalagriculture.org

 

Last Call for ID•INFO EXPO 2007

 

Incredible Array of Expert Speakers Set for Next Week

 

Bowling Green, KY — “If you have any interest in animal identification and traceability, you need to be in Kansas City next week for ID•INFO EXPO 2007,” says Robert Fourdraine, co-chair of the event scheduled for August 28-30 at the Westin Crown Center.   

 

“Go to www.animalagriculture.org, and click on the Schedule of Events for this year’s ID•INFO EXPO and you’ll see what Robert means,” says co-chair Glenn Fischer.
 

“Take a look at our opening day,” Fischer urges.  “We start with opening remarks by Scott Stuart, chairman of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s Board of Directors, followed by the chief implementer of the U.S. National Animal Identification System (NAIS), Dr. John Clifford, Deputy Administrator of the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/Veterinary Services, on traceability from an animal disease perspective.  


“He’ll be followed by an Overview of the Canadian Traceability System as presented by Julie Stitt, Canadian Cattle Identification Agency,” points out Fischer. 

 

Following these presentations will be the session on Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) announced last week and featuring a first hand account and update on the current situation in the United Kingdom from dairy producer Raymond Brown.  Speaking after him will be Dr. Clair Thunes, University of California Davis, who will present results from a U.S. FMD Simulation currently underway.    

 

“And that’s just the first two hours,” says Fourdraine.   “Here’s what follows that afternoon: 

Current Status of North American Traceability Programs

  • Quebec’s Comprehensive Traceability System – A Real World Solution
     

    • Linda Marchand, Agri-Tracabilite Quebec
       

  • Canada's Multi-Species Traceability Initiative
     

    • Ron Axelson, Canadian Livestock Identification Agency
       

  • Traceability in Voluntary Audit Based Programs
     

    • Samantha Simon, USDA/APHIS/Agriculture Marketing Services
       

  • Value-Driving Identification, Traceability and Verification
     

    • Leann Saunders, IMI Global, Inc.
       

  • Traceability/Value Creation
     

    • Lance Storer, Cargill Meat Solutions
       

  • The Swine ID Plan and Pre-Harvest Traceability
     

    • Dr. Patrick Webb, National Pork Board

“That evening the tradeshow opens with a reception, and all of the next one and one-half days are equally jam-packed and informative to anyone concerned with animal ID and traceability,” says Fourdraine.

 

The trade show includes many industry leaders such as Allflex USA, TekVet Technologies, AgInfoLink USA, FoodLogiQ, MetaFarms Inc., Micro Beef Technologies & Micro Dairy Logic, Tri-Merit™/Global Animal Management, Inc. and more.

 

Attendees can register for the conference on line at www.animalagriculture.org between now and Friday, August 24 or onsite during the event beginning Monday August 27, 2007.

 

The National Institute for Animal Agriculture provides a forum for building consensus and advancing solutions for animal agriculture and provides continuing education and communication linkages for animal agriculture professionals.  NIAA is dedicated to programs that: work towards the eradication of disease that pose risk to the health of animals, wildlife and humans; promote a safe and wholesome from supply for our nation and abroad; and promote best practices in environmental stewardship, animal health and well-being.  NIAA members represent all facets of animal agriculture.
 

 

NOTE TO EDITORS:  Again, we remind you that media registration is complementary.

 

Gale Johnson, Director of Communications