"There needs to be a level playing pitch - a law or rule that applies to everyone," he said. If there's a disease outbreak, the animals enrolled in a voluntary system would be traceable, he said, but animals not registered would continue to spread the disease and "undermine the benefits" of identifying and tracing the former.
That's a baloney argument.
Accordingly, without "a comprehensive system" in which all cattle, for instance, are enrolled and traceable, the only option to eradicate a disease might be destruction of the entire herd, Byrne said.
Additionally, countries that don't establish national animal identification will find themselves locked out of many markets that will ban or restrict imports from those countries, he said.
All about the export market.
The article goes on to say that people are going to demand traceability. I guess those same people don't realize all the procedures that are in place NOW.
