The United States uses the National Animal Identification System for farm and ranch animals other than dogs and cats.

Nor can we be certain of a cow's age because the United States has no mandatory animal identification system, like the tattooing or ear tags used in other nations.

The National Animal Identification System (NAIS)

There was no question of our making the animal identification system voluntary - it absolutely must be compulsory. The only question was whether labelling should be voluntary or not.

The Lunatic National Animal Identification System: This is the Marx Brothers, bumbling around Animal Farm!

On May 22, 2009, Berry, at a listening session in Louisville, spoke against the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).

Since arriving in Washington, Claire has also been a steadfast opponent of a mandatory National Animal Identification System (NAIS), a program that is not right for Missouri.

This request was part of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) spurred by the discovery of the first case of mad cow disease in the United States.

"The only reason for an animal identification system," Ms. Zanoni said, "is to serve the economic interests of large meat packers and people who are going to sell the technology that will be indispensable in the system."

The Agriculture Department, amid concerns about infectious disease and agro-terrorism, has even proposed establishing a national animal identification system, under which it could trace the origin of any animal in the food chain within 48 hours.

In response to BSE outbreak, Goodlatte said he supported the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) that would track cattle with RFID tags.

As of January 13, 2009 the USDA has entered into the federal register a document which provides for the expansion of implementation of a mandatory national animal identification system to be effective January 2010.

An animal identification system that the Agriculture Department has said it will begin putting in place immediately to help safeguard the meat supply against mad cow disease is expected to take a year or two to phase in, an official said yesterday.

USDA in 2004 accelerated work on animal ID, and is incorporating major elements of the USAIP into what it has termed the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).

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.

Although the effort, the National Animal Identification System, intended to trace a sick animal to the property it came from within 48 hours, is still in early, voluntary stages, the United States Department of Agriculture has had to retreat from a proposal to make it mandatory.

This is why I have fought against programs like a National Animal Identification system or an increased mandate of fuel production from food based commodities such as corn, the latter of which creates an artificial demand for corn that drives up the cost of feed for Arkansas's livestock producers and groceries at the store.

Jeffries was listed by Backwoods Home Magazine as one of the "Ten Real Inspriations" for 2009 for his work to protect traditional rights to farm fighting against the USDA's proposed National Animal Identification System (NAIS) led through his web site NoNAIS.org.