Dr. Patrick Webb

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Pre-Harvest Traceability in the Pork Industry

• Dr. Patrick Webb

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1st there was the Code

• 9 CFR 71.19
• Identification of Swine in Interstate Commerce

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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 Plans 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)

• USDAs 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
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Market Hog Surveillance
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Veterinary Diagnostic Labs
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E2E Proof-of-Concept Demonstration
Premises and Plants (SCS)
Producer (3rd Party S/W)
Testing Results (Diag. Lab)
Producer Census and Movement Data
State Premises and Plant Data
Testing Data
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.
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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

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Official USDA PIN Tags

• What they are not
• Required by USDA, backtags can still be used
• Required by PQA plus
• Required for market hogs

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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 _at_ 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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