The Animal Identification and Registration System (AIRS)
campaign registered and tagged over a million animals in the livestock
category, the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) announced.
The authority allocated 55 teams of four each to implement and
reach its target in Abu Dhabi city and the Eastern Region that includes
Al Ain.
In Al Gharbia or the Western Region, work will be completed by the end of February.
In the last three months since the AIRS kicked off in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, 7,878 farms were visited.The authority also said the animals already registered include 105,087 camels, 25,748 cows and 1,050,087 sheep and goat heads.
"AIRS campaign is progressing extremely well and we are geared up
to complete it on schedule. Farm owners and workers have fully
understood the huge benefits AIRS can bring about for them, the
consumers, the community, and are greatly supportive for field teams.
This is indeed a decisive factor that is helping us to complete both Abu
Dhabi and Al Ain Regions on time and we are very thankful for them,"
said Mohamed Jalal Al Reyaysa, Director of Communication and Community
Service, ADFCA. "As we embark on the Western Region AIRS campaign, we
invite livestock owners in Abu Dhabi Region whose animals have not been
identified yet to contact the AIRS help desk 800555, or other various
existing communications channels to provide all required information
such as farm area and number, GPS Location, livestock number per species
and AIRS team will set a visit time," he advised.
AIRS is compulsory and free of charge for livestock owners and it
allows the traceability of animals and products of animal origin.
The program aims to achieve many benefits for Abu Dhabi,
livestock owners and consumers and the community such as national
database for animals towards achieving food safety, better livestock
management systems, as well as better diseases surveillance and control
of humans and animals health emergencies.
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