National Animal Identification and Tracing
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National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) is a system being developed to identify and track livestock in New Zealand
. The scheme is to be used for tracing the history of animals from farms to abattoirs using radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology.
Federated Farmers
, a farming lobby group, oppose the proposed system saying that it will impose extra costs on farmers and will not result in any benefits. Farmers also fear that the NAIT will be used to impose a greenhouse gas emissions tax under an emissions trading
scheme. A Federated Farmers survey found that 2% supported NAIT and 80% opposed it. A NAIT working group claimed that there would be on-farm benefits.
Similar systems exist in other countries such as the National Animal Identification System
in the United States, the British Cattle Movement Service
and the National Livestock Identification System
in Australia.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The scheme is to be used for tracing the history of animals from farms to abattoirs using radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology.
Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers of New Zealand Incorporated is an organisation in New Zealand which lobbies on behalf of its member farmers.It has a network of 24 provinces and seven industry groups. Federated Farmers provides a locally based, democratic organisation that lobbies on farming issues both...
, a farming lobby group, oppose the proposed system saying that it will impose extra costs on farmers and will not result in any benefits. Farmers also fear that the NAIT will be used to impose a greenhouse gas emissions tax under an emissions trading
Emissions trading
Emissions trading is a market-based approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants....
scheme. A Federated Farmers survey found that 2% supported NAIT and 80% opposed it. A NAIT working group claimed that there would be on-farm benefits.
Similar systems exist in other countries such as the National Animal Identification System
National Animal Identification System
The National Animal Identification System, is a government-run program in the United States intended to extend government animal health surveillance by identifying and tracking specific animals...
in the United States, the British Cattle Movement Service
British Cattle Movement Service
The British Cattle Movement Service is the organisation responsible for maintaining a database of all bovine animals in the United Kingdom...
and the National Livestock Identification System
National Livestock Identification System
The National Livestock Identification System is a livestock identification and tracking system used in Australia.The system uses RFID devices to identify and track livestock and keeps a central electronic database of an animal’s residency and animals it has interacted with...
in Australia.