A producer-led task force is working alongside the USDA to develop a national traceability plan for the pork industry.
Scott Hays, executive director of Missouri Pork and past president of the National Pork Producers Council says producers will keep records of all pig movements. “Those movements won’t be utilized unless there’s a need, “ he says. “Obviously a foreign animal disease introduction into the country would be a need. It’s still producers private information, but we do have the ability at a moment’s notice to understand what pigs moved where.”
He says being able to identify movement quickly is crucial should an outbreak occur.
