From the USDA web site:
State/Tribal Forum on Animal Disease Traceability
On Thursday and Friday, March 18-19, APHIS hosted a State/Tribal forum on animal disease traceability. The forum was designed to gather State and Tribal animal health officials from throughout the nation to discuss Secretary Vilsack’s new framework for animal disease traceability. Under the new framework, States and Tribes will be responsible for developing animal disease traceability systems that adhere to performance standards set by USDA. The forum provided a venue for APHIS to answer questions about the new framework and to learn how best to support the States and Tribes as they move forward to develop workable traceability systems. Approximately 120 State and Tribal representatives attended the forum.
-USDA
No, this is not an April Fool’s joke. Apparently Vilsack is moving forward full force with implementing NAIS again.
Hat tip to the Hen.