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美国国会拔款3300万敦促农业部使用RFID技术进行动物识别

作者：USAgNet

日期：2007-03-04 11:42:50

摘要：美国国会拔款3300万敦促农业部使用RFID技术进行动物识别，并推荐使用Digital Angel的RFID技术。自从2003年华盛顿州疯牛病事件后，美国农业部就开始发起全国性的牲畜识别活动，并预期在2008-2009年完成。Digital Angel的RFID追踪系统包括电子标签，阅读器和数据库，该公司预计今年在美国售出300万个电子标签。

关键词：RFID电子标签动物识别

Digital Angel Corporation, an advanced technology company in the field of rapid and accurate identification, location tracking and condition monitoring of high-value assets, announced Wednesday that the U.S. Congress has set aside $33.3 million for projects related to the national animal identification program. The Senate version of the Bill urges the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to consider Digital Angel's RFID technology in developing that program.

Language in the Senate version of the recently approved FY2006 Agriculture Appropriations Bill noted that Digital Angel RFID technology has already proven its value to the federal government during the Company's 15-year relationship with the U.S. Department of Energy and its work in the salmon fishing industry. Digital Angel provides the government with electronic tags and scanners to track salmon in fisheries throughout the Northwest.

Since the December 2003 incident of Mad Cow Disease (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) in the state of Washington, the USDA has initiated the development of a national animal identification program for cattle, with a target completion date of 2008-2009.

Digital Angel's RFID traceability system includes electronic tags and scanners as well as a database system that can provide for the registration, tracking and source verification for the animals tagged in the national identification program. The Company expects to sell more than 3 million electronic RFID tags in the U.S. this year.