Dr. Patrick Webb

Pre-Harvest Traceability in the Pork Industry

1st there was the Code

9 CFR 71.19Identification of Swine in

Interstate Commerce

The continuing saga of ID

• Glossary– NIAA – National Institutes of Animal Agriculture– USAHA – United States Animal Health Association– USAIP – United States Animal Identification Plan– NAIS – National Animal Identification System – ADT – Animal Disease Traceability– SAHO – State Animal Health Official

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USAIP to NAIS to ADT

• 2002 NIAA Taskforce – Developed a national ID proposal

• 2002 USAHA – Directed USDA to develop a plan

• 2003 USDA submitted USAIP to USAHA – Established framework & standards

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USAIP to NAIS to ADT

• 2004 USAIP morphed into NAIS – Species groups were to develop program

standards– Pork Industry Identification Working Group• Developed program standards for swine that were

consistent with Code of Federal Regulations • Completed mid 2005

– Swine ID Implementation Taskforce • Started implementing the Swine ID Plan’s program

standards in 2005

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USAIP to NAIS to ADT

• 2010 NAIS discontinued and ADT announced

• 2011 USDA Proposes ADT Rule in the Federal Register

• Swine ID Taskforce provided comment

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Animal Disease Traceability (ADT)

• USDA’s ADT Rule ( published Jan 9th 2013)– Purpose is to improve the ability to trace livestock

in the event that disease is found. – Minimum national identification and

documentation requirements for livestock moving interstate.

– Specifies approved forms of official identification for each species

– No changes to how swine are identified for interstate commerce

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Health Paper / Movement Record

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Sow / Boar Surveillance

Market Hog Surveillance

Veterinary Diagnostic Labs

E2E Proof-of-Concept Demonstration

StatePremises and Plant

Data

Producer Census and Movement

Data

Testing Data

Premises and Plants (SCS)Premises and Plants (SCS) Producer (3rd Party S/W)Producer (3rd Party S/W) Testing Results (Diag. Lab)Testing Results (Diag. Lab)

Show premises disease status and support the decision on

whether or not to move animals.

Show the day-to-day usefulness for monitoring

facility disease status.

USDA Official PIN Tags

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Official USDA PIN Tags

• What they are:

– Official Identification for breeding stock entering harvest channels. • Identify sows and boars to the premises they were on prior

to entering harvest channels• Tag is collected at harvest and associated with blood or

tissue samples for surveillance • Needed to insure full value

Official USDA PIN Tags

• What they are not:

– Required by USDA, backtags can still be used

– Required by PQA plus

– Required for market hogs

Official PIN Tags

• Sow Packer Requirement– Condition of sale by January 1st 2015 by

Johnsonville, Hillshire Brands, Calihan Pork Processors, Bob Evans Farms, Wampler's Farm Sausage, Pine Ridge Farms, Pioneer Packing Co., Pork King Packing and Abbyland Pork Pack.

– Industry support for this @ Pork Forum• Improves pre-harvest traceability & disease

surveillance in breeding stock

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Official PIN Tags

• Only 3 companies currently have USDA approval to manufacture and are selling official PIN Tags – Destron Fearing– Allflex– Y-Tex

• Available in multiple colors– Some packers prefer pink

• Only for use in breeding stock – Not required for market hogs

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Official PIN Tags

• The PIN on the Official Tag is the USDA allocated Standardized Premises Identification Number (PIN) and not the State allocated Location Identifier (LID) – When ordering the manufacturer will ask for the

PIN so they can validate it to the address of the site

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Official PIN Tags

• According to the Swine ID Program Standards the PIN on the Tag should be the PIN of the breeding farm she was on prior to entering harvest channels– Works for systems that are not parity segregated

• Parity segregated systems– Work with the State Vet to determine what PIN

make the most sense – Producer records maintain the traceability

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Official PIN Tags

• One (or one set) and your done– Once identified with one PIN tag or a set of official

tags with same PIN and production number then that is it. • Producers do not need to put in a new one if the animal

moves to another production site BUT they do need to record that movement in case of a traceback.

– It is unlawful to remove an Official PIN Tag

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Records for Movements of Breeding Stock

• For producers using official PIN Tags, the following events, along with the date of the event, must be recorded (hold records for 3 years)

– Number of Official Identifier applied (recorded by original owner)

– Moved into a premises and source PIN– Moved out of a premises and destination PIN– Number of New Official Identifier number (if an

official identifier has been lost)

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Official PIN Tags

• Are official identification for sows and boars in harvest channels that can double as a management tag.

• Cull sows & boars must be tagged with an Official PIN Tag by the producer before they are shipped to harvest. – It is up to the producer when to tag them as long

as the Official PIN Tag is in the ear before they are shipped

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Examples

• Using the PIN Tags as management tags in breeding stock – Incoming gilts or boars are tagged after selected

for breeding– PIN on the tag should be the PIN of the breeding

farm or boar stud– As long as the Official PIN Tag remains in the ear,

sows and boars are properly identified for harvest channels

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Examples

• Using the PIN Tags in breeding stock before shipment to harvest– Normal form of identification is used for

management purposes – Official PIN Tag is applied when the sow or the

boar leaves the farm to go into harvest channels

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Official PIN Tags

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This message funded by America’s Pork Producers and the Pork Checkoff