Pork Industry Reaches Swine ID Goal of 100 Percent Coverage

The pork industry has met its goal of virtually 100 percent of the estimated swine production sites in the United States obtaining a nationally standardized premises identification number, typically referred to as a standard premises identification number (PIN), according to Patrick Webb, director of swine health at the Pork Checkoff. While this milestone is encouraging, Webb does not want producers or veterinarians to become complacent about registering new swine premises.

“Maintaining a robust level of participation in this effort is critical to providing accurate premises information needed by state and federal animal health authorities,” Webb said. “This is extremely important for the industry to be able to rapidly respond to the introduction of a foreign animal disease.”

Source-pork.org