A: No. Companies with approved audit programs are not required to participate in the NAIS Program. However, AMS strongly encourages companies to require premise identification and NAIS compliant ear tags (840 tags). Additionally, AMS strongly encourages producers to register their premises and to consider identifying their animals with NAIS compliant ear tags.

A: More information on NAIS can be obtained from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).