法国农业部和法国饲养协会远在欧洲疯牛病(ESB)危机之前,便注意对饲养的牛进行了全程的跟踪识别。虽然开始时采用跟踪识别措施的目的,主要是为了检查对家畜饲养资助的份额,但很快有关措施便成了对饲养家畜群进行卫生管理,并对牛肉进行跟踪识别的有效工具。为了使消费者放心,这两方面的跟踪管理措施是必不可少的。 在法国北部的拉芒什海峡附近一个名叫弗兰克(Frencq)的小村子里,依丽莎白·科凯是享受霍尔斯坦补助金(Prime Holstein)的饲养户,饲养的牲畜中有奶牛,也有肉牛。她的农场只要有小牛降生,便要给小牛戴上两个圆环,一个耳朵上一个。这两个标志便代表着这头牛一生中 The French Ministry of Agriculture and the French Breeding Association paid attention to the tracking and identification of cattle kept before the European mad cow disease (ESB) crisis. Although the purpose of adopting tracking and identification measures at the beginning was to check the share of livestock financing, the relevant measures soon became an effective tool for the hygienic management of livestock groups and the tracking and identification of beef. In order to reassure consumers, these two aspects of tracking management measures are indispensable. In the small village of Frencq near the Ramones strait in northern France, Elizabeth Kokee is a Hol Holstein grant farmer, and herds are cows. There are also beef cattle. As long as the calf was born on her farm, she would give the calf two rings and one ear. These two signs represent the life of the cow