July 17, 2023
PITB team along with representatives from Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) presented Pakistan Animal Identification & Traceability System (PAITS) to the Additional Secretary Capt. (Retd) Muhammad Asif at Ministry of National Food Security and Research in Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad. The briefing was primarily focused on system modules and their potential benefits. The participants mutually agreed that legislative level measures need to be taken to ensure that the system gets rolled out at national level to play a vital role in animal traceability. They also expressed hope that the system will also be helpful in boosting the livestock Imports/Exports of the country.