tangent4ronpaul
01-06-2009, 09:56 AM
The following is an excerpt from an article written by Henry Lamb and is available in its entirety at this link:
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/778
(Excerpt)
The animal identification program is mandatory in England. U.S. animal owners should see the form required of goat and sheep owners. Cattle owners must have a 66-page “Cattle Owners Handbook”, seven-page license, and each cow must have a passport. Non-compliance results in confiscation and slaughter - without compensation. Unconfirmed reports puts the cost of this program at $69 per head sold.
Australia also has mandated an animal identification program. It is similar to the U.K. program because it is constructed on the European Union Cattle Accreditation Scheme (EUCAS).
Producers are required to complete and submit many forms such as this permission to move form.
Both the United Kingdom and Australia are participants in the Codex Alimentarius Commission and are working to make the animal identification scheme mandatory world-wide. The USDA is doing its best to comply with the ever-expanding international regulations, but American producers are not cooperating as well as the subjects of the European Union.
American producers, however, need the help of other non-farm Americans who value individual freedom. If government can mandate the identification and reporting of movements of livestock animals, the same government can mandate the identification and reporting of pets, and of virtually any other private property.
The purpose of the 4th Amendment is to guarantee that every American is secure is his person, house, papers and property - unless probable cause for search and seizure is demonstrated to a judge. This animal identification system completely ignores this fundamental principle.
The USDA and Codex Alimentarius hide behind the claim that the program is necessary to promote food safety. Nothing is further from the truth. This program is about control by the government, and profits for the manufacturers of the equipment, profits for the meat packers and exporters, payrolls for expanded bureaucracies, and pain for the producers and the people who ultimately must pay higher prices for the food they eat.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/778
(Excerpt)
The animal identification program is mandatory in England. U.S. animal owners should see the form required of goat and sheep owners. Cattle owners must have a 66-page “Cattle Owners Handbook”, seven-page license, and each cow must have a passport. Non-compliance results in confiscation and slaughter - without compensation. Unconfirmed reports puts the cost of this program at $69 per head sold.
Australia also has mandated an animal identification program. It is similar to the U.K. program because it is constructed on the European Union Cattle Accreditation Scheme (EUCAS).
Producers are required to complete and submit many forms such as this permission to move form.
Both the United Kingdom and Australia are participants in the Codex Alimentarius Commission and are working to make the animal identification scheme mandatory world-wide. The USDA is doing its best to comply with the ever-expanding international regulations, but American producers are not cooperating as well as the subjects of the European Union.
American producers, however, need the help of other non-farm Americans who value individual freedom. If government can mandate the identification and reporting of movements of livestock animals, the same government can mandate the identification and reporting of pets, and of virtually any other private property.
The purpose of the 4th Amendment is to guarantee that every American is secure is his person, house, papers and property - unless probable cause for search and seizure is demonstrated to a judge. This animal identification system completely ignores this fundamental principle.
The USDA and Codex Alimentarius hide behind the claim that the program is necessary to promote food safety. Nothing is further from the truth. This program is about control by the government, and profits for the manufacturers of the equipment, profits for the meat packers and exporters, payrolls for expanded bureaucracies, and pain for the producers and the people who ultimately must pay higher prices for the food they eat.