Please tell us what NAIS is.
I searched and from 2 m found
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INVESTIGATIVE SPECIALISTS
P O Box 33244, Austin, Texas, 78764
Is there another USA government NAIS?
>This is an issue that will affect all of us who homestead, who raise
>our own animals and maybe even occasionally sell some. I have
>submitted the following letter to my congressional representatives
>and to my local newspapers. I urge you to think about this issue and
>communicate with your representatives, write your local papers, talk
>about this in other discussion lists. Feel free to use any or all of
>the letter below if you would like.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>-Walter
>See my blog at:
>http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog/
>
>
>
>I am concerned that the national animal ID system is too invasive
>into people's lives. If the real purpose of NAIS is to track the
>food supply for instances like mad cow disease then:
>
>1) NAIS is not necessary for horses, donkeys, guardian animals or
>other non-food animals - these animals are not going to enter the
>human food chain in our country and should NOT be tracked by the
>government.
>
>2) NAIS is not necessary for sales direct to the consumer from the
>farm. In these cases there is already far better tracking of the
>food chain. I breed and raise my own pigs and sheep. I sell directly
>to the consumer. The consumer, my customer, knows me. I know the
>consumer. I know my animals. My customer knows exactly where their
>food came from - me.
>
>3) NAIS should not be at all involved with people who are raising
>livestock for their own family consumption. They know exactly where
>the food came from - they raised it. There is no need to have any
>government involved in our own kitchens and backyard food raising.
>
>NAIS is being implemented too broadly. To include the above three
>groups suggests the government has ulterior motives and is trying to
>invade people's privacy. There should be exemptions for the above
>three groups.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Walter Jeffries
>Sugar Mtn Farm
>252 Riddle Pond Road
>West Topsham, VT 05086
>(802) 439-6462
>
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Best wishes,
Vaughan Jones
Hamilton
New Zealand
