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No tagged cows until '08

Monday, May 29, 2006

Blood-stained barcodes that are difficult to read is just the first reason farmers (and lawmakers) in New Zealand supposedly were looking forward to implementing RFID.

Turns out, they get wait a little longer, says an article posted by New Zealand news source Stuff.

That doesn’t mean it isn’t on the way.

Ian Corney, chairman of the pan-industry Animal Identification and Traceability Governance Group, told the news outlet that farmers are likely to be required to attach RFID tags to all cattle and deer so they can be identified using wireless scanners.  [end] 

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