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 DIGITAL ANGEL CORPORATION ACCELERATES PLAN TO INTEGRATE NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION COMPLIANT DATABASE http://www.digitalangelcorp.com/about_pressreleases.asp?RELEASE_ID=183 Database to Work with All Electronic RFID Livestock Tags;Company Plans to Integrate Database as Standard Procedure within Next Six Months SO. ST. PAUL, MN (June 27, 2005) ... Digital Angel Corporation (Amex:DOC) an advanced technology company in the field of rapid and accurate identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of high-value assets, announced today that it has accelerated its plans to introduce a national database system that will provide for the registration, tracking and source verification of all livestock tagged with electronic radiofrequency identification (RFID) tags throughout the United States. The Company's system has been in the planning stages since the first Mad Cow incident in late-December 2003. It is designed to work with all RFID livestock tags, which are compatible and/or compliant with the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) standards. A modest fee will be charged for the registration of each animal. Digital Angel currently sells approximately 30 million livestock tags per year in the United States (and another 20 million internationally), including an expected more than 3 million RFID tags this year. It is hoped by year end the Company will be able to provide access to the system for all new and installed RFID tags. The Company also plans to work with the USDA, NCBA (National Cattleman's Beef Association), the National Pork Producers Council and other industry leaders to make this database (and/or other complementary databases) a standard for the industry, said Digital Angel President and CEO Kevin N. McGrath. "The recent verification of a second cow in the United States with Mad Cow Disease reemphasizes the critical need for a system to track and source verify livestock," McGrath said. "What is lacking is a national database system that will allow any producer of livestock to RFID ‘tag' an animal and easily and inexpensively enter information about that animal into the national database. Our system, backed by our nearly 60 years in the livestock tagging business and our international experience in building tagging and scanning technology, is intended to be universally compatible with a system which the United States Department of Agriculture will ultimately define and perhaps deploy as a national identification system for livestock." The database will be housed in the Company's South Saint Paul offices and will be accessible by livestock producers via the Internet. The Company is currently working with other companies that could participate in the deployment of the system. About Digital Angel Corporation Digital Angel Corporation develops and deploys sensor and communications technologies that enable rapid and accurate identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of high-value assets. Applications for the Company's products include identification and monitoring of pets, humans, fish and livestock through its patented implantable microchips; location tracking and message monitoring of vehicles and aircraft in remote locations through systems that integrate GPS and geosynchronous satellite communications; and monitoring of asset conditions such as temperature and movement, through advanced miniature sensors. Digital Angel Corporation is majority-owned by Applied Digital Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSX). For more information about Digital Angel, please visit www.DigitalAngelCorp.com. | UN's Law of the Sea Treaty | UN's International Criminal Court | UN Planning Internet Control | New UN Terrorism Czar | The Mark of the Beast | World Court Orders Washington to Retry 51 | NWO Integration | China Calls For Stronger UN | The Eighth Beast | US Rejoins UNESCO | DAVOS 2008 | UN Biosphere Reserve | UN Panel To Recommend Expanded Council | Expanded UN Security Council | UN Agreement With World Court | Verachip Approved By FDA | National ID Card Ahead | Annan Announces Reforms for September, 2005 | G-7, Seven Heads | Digital Angel Tracks Animals Nationwide | Calling for a Global Currency | Five New Security Council Members Being Formed? | | Return Home | Tithing and Giving | Prayer and Fasting | Bible Study and Bible Study Helps | Mystery Babylon | Antichrist Revealed | The New World Order | Israel in Bible Prophecy | Home Schooling | BLOG | Email | |
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