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Watch the 2:50 video interview with GRSB Executive Director Ruaraidh Petre HERE.

Solving the Global Challenge of Antibiotic Stewardship

Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) works to bring worldwide beef community together on sustainable antibiotics standards.

U.S. ranchers have spent decades investing in ways to provide safe, affordable beef that meets consumer demands. Their efforts include antibiotic stewardship and sustainability standards, and they’re not alone. Beef producers across the world work to raise cattle in differing environments.

“When it comes to sustainability, there’s no one size fits all,” says Ruaraidh Petre, executive director of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB). “There are lots of different beef production systems around the world and lots of environments. You can produce beef on the edge of the Sahara Desert, and you can produce it on the edge of the Arctic circle.” Read more HERE.

For more information about antibiotic resistance,
attend the 9th Annual NIAA Antibiotics Symposium:
Communicating the Science of Responsible Use in Animal Agriculture,
October 15-17 at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Click HERE for more Symposium information.

Beef Producers Recommend Minimum Data for
Federal Animal ID Reporting, Privacy

Denver, CO, July 1,2019 ––––– The Producers Traceability Council met recently in Denver, CO to discuss issues around data collection for animal identification and livestock traceability. The Producer Traceability Council preliminary recommendations to the livestock industry include the following consensus points on Database Liability.

Producer Traceability Council Database Consensus Points

In order to advance livestock traceability for emergency disease events, the minimal amount of data that is required should be collected and transferred electronically to the Animal Health Event Repository (AHER), meeting data standards and USDA standards for security.
Producers have the flexibility and security to house data in 3rd party management systems. It is recommended that 3rd party data management systems be required to share the minimal necessary data points necessary for disease traceback with AHER.
As regulations change, the industry should work with policy and legal experts to further expand protection of producers' private information.

Much of the session centered on producer privacy issues. One important point of contention is the idea that a federal database holds tag ID numbers for livestock and associates those IDs with a livestock owner's personal Premise ID, or location of their farm or ranch.

However, through discussion with USDA representatives, the Council members found that the problem may be a labeling issue, rather than a collection issue.

Click here for the complete press release.

Welcome to Our Newest Members!

Commercial Organizations	State Level	Individual Members
Burnett Ranches, LLC	National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education	Mr. Eric Vinton
Engormix S.A.	Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin	Dr. Randy Berrier
DeLaval	North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture	Mr. Neil Hammerschmidt
American Angus Assoc.	Cornell University	Mrs. Summer Stoffel
National Renderers Assoc.	Professional Dairy Managers of PA	Dr. Kerry Keffaber
United Producers, Inc.	Ohio Dairy Producers Association	Mr. Robert Kleemeier
Datamars, Inc.	VA Dept. of Ag./Animal Food & Industry	Mr. Robert Foster
	Arizona Department of Agriculture	Ms. Linda Mills
	North Carolina Dairy Association
	Livestock Identification Services

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