THE TEXAS ANTI-NAIS SITE ~ FARFA
www.farmandranchfreedom.org Judith McGeary based in Austin

THE REAL REASON FOR ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION
Derry Brownfield ~ July 6, 2006 ~ [Edited summary ~ see NewsWithViews.com]
   I try to instill in my listeners (the Derry Brownfield Radio Show) on a daily basis that the United States is no longer a sovereign nation. Doreen Hannes has written a white paper proving that Animal Identification was spawned by international entanglements. The World Trade Organization (WTO) reached an agreement among participating countries several years ago in Uruguay called the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) agreements. The SPS agrees that each member country can make regulations that must be met by other member countries in order to TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL GOODS with each other. The OIE is a World Animal Health Organization similar to our USDA but on a global basis. The OIE is independent of the United Nations, but works closely with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Codex Alimentarius, both of which are tied to the United Nations. Codex may be compared to our Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a global basis. The United States has membership in both the OIE and the UN, which puts us under the control of Codex. The OIE has authority over all member nations' veterinary services. The OIE has a publication available on line called the Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission (TAHSC), which contains information regarding product tracing and Codex standards, vaccination programs, herd and flock management, zoning, surveillance, early response, and animal movement and health measures in order to facilitate trade…including…the IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND ANIMAL TRACEABILITY in the country. This dictate is coming directly from the OIE - (world animal health organization), an off-shoot of the United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization, and since the United States has signed documents creating membership in these foreign alliances, the US is obligated to create an Animal Identification program. "These officials have agreed to implement a plan that is destructive to our nation's existence as well as our freedom to feed ourselves without intense surveillance. Is our freedom for sale in the global market? Is selling beef to Japan important enough to throw our Constitution and our children's future into the trashcan? Can we not support ourselves agriculturally with the excellent controls we already have in place?" [Quoting from Doreen Hannes]

Recent letter to the Editor of AgWeekly, also posted at LibertyArk.net.
USDA and meatpackers in cahoots
   You were right! The amount of ground and boxed beef that came into this country last year was 3.6 billion pounds. When you include the amount of live cattle that came into the United States from Canada the volume of beef imported was 5.1 billion pounds, 18 percent of our domestic beef market.
   We spent the winter in Mexico, and it is common knowledge there that thousands of head of cattle are coming from Central America into Mexico and ending up in the United States. Lets be truthful -- when USDA talks about Mexican cattle they have no idea what country these cattle are coming from.
   Jim Robb says all beef imported into the US meets USDA standards. It is my understanding that most ground beef imported from foreign countries comes by ship containing thousands of 1,500 pound frozen blocks. Less than 1 percent is visually inspected. If Jim Robb really believes that all ground beef sold in the United States is 100 percent beef, then this couple from Idaho has the Brooklyn Bridge for sale for $5.
   The National Animal Identification System will only benefit companies who stand to sell millions of dollars worth of equipment, the USDA and the big meatpackers who are all like Siamese twins. We're sick and tired of seeing our rural towns destroyed, our family farms destroyed and our young people being forced out of rural America. It is really sad when the biggest enemy the family farm has is our US government.
Gary & Janell Willson ~ Reubens, Idaho