With Canadian government, reportedly extent electronic tracking program for cattle, the RFID firms especially Minnesota’s Digital Angel predicts rapid growth in its RFID tag business. The government of government of Canada has decided to check mad cow disease by implementing electronic tracking.



Kevin McGrath, CEO of Digital Angel welcomed the government’s decision commenting,

This is a meaningful move by the Canadian government and tremendous news for Digital Angal and our eTag system business.



The extension program will enhance the marketing of electronic ear tags and scanning systems in the coming days as the industry adopts to this latest technology. Digital Angel has provided about 265,000 eTag RFID devices to Canadian distributors last fall.



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