Comments sought on microchipping
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The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced that it will accept comments regarding the use of microchipping to identify animals covered under the Animal Welfare Act.
The agency will hold a final meeting to discuss the issue in San Diego, May 10. Several meetings have already taken place since late March in Centennial, Colo.; Boston; Baton Rouge, La.; Springfield, Mo.; and Riverdale, Md.
The USDA APHIS was directed by the conference committee report accompanying the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2006 to develop regulations for an open radiofrequency identification technology microchip system that would enable a scanner to read all microchips used for the identification of pets.
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