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Sow packers to require premises ID Tags in 2015

13-Nov-2013
In an effort to improve pre-harvest traceability and improve national disease surveillance in the pork industry, many major U.S. packers and processors will require a USDA-approved, official premises identification number swine tag as a condition of sale for breeding stock beginning Jan. 1, 2015.