Background: On February 5, 2010, USDA announced a new, flexible framework for animal disease traceability in the United States. The framework will provide the basic tenets of an improved animal disease traceability capability in the United States

• May 11, 2009: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Holds Listening Session in Fort Collins on National Animal Identification System
• May 4, 2009: Vilsack Announces National Animal Identification System Listening Session Locations
• April 15, 2009: Vilsack Seeks Dialogue with Producers and Stakeholders on National Animal Identification System)
• USDA Reserves Use of 840 Animal Identification Numbers to Only Livestock Born in the United States (09/18/08)
• Business Plan Guides National Animal Identification System(04/2008)