Comment from Phillip Flock

Document ID: APHIS-2009-0091-0540
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
Received Date: November 15 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: November 16 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: October 7 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: December 9 2011, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80f6d2f1
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Traceability for Livestock Moving Interstate

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The cost of animal ID will cost too much. The government debt is already at 100% of GDP. We have to many regulation to live by now. Animal ID needs to move at the speed of commerce.The Federal government can not manage the system at that pace. USDA cannot guarantee that the animal ID database information would be protected from release to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. We have the best animal health system in the world, we have the best packer system in the world, we have the best corn feed beef in the world. Why break a system that works? We need to keep the animal ID system Voluntary.