Digital Angel is the first animal tag manufacturer to be designated as an Animal Identification (AIN) tag manufacturer by the USDA. The Company's RFID traceability system includes electronic tags and scanners as well as a related IT system that can provide lifetime animal identification, which is becoming the established national standard through the NAIS.
While the USDA has established visual tags as the minimum standard for some species, cattle for example, producers may elect to use ear tags with RFID technology incased in the official identification tags.
"The USDA underwent a thorough review of our identification tags and came away convinced that we can produce livestock tags that are up to its standards," said Digital Angel President and CEO Kevin N. McGrath, "but also ensure the uniqueness of the numbers attributed to individual animals that assist in tracking the animal's origin and movement throughout its life."
