Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY-At large) and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) have introduced joint resolutions pursuant to the Congressional Review Act that would block USDA’s rule mandating electronic identification (EID) tags for cattle and bison moving interstate.
In May, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a final rule to require cattle and bison ear tags to be electronically readable when traveling interstate.
“America produces the highest quality meat in the world and there is nothing wrong with our traditional disease traceability system,” Hageman said. “This unfunded mandate raises serious privacy concerns for ranchers and their herds, with the potential to lock ranchers out of their traditional markets, thereby furthering vertical integration of the U.S. food supply chain.”
