The schemes use radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology and a national database to trace animals from birth to either slaughter or live export.
On 1 July 2013 the NAIT company merged with Animal Health Board to become OSPRI New Zealand.
[citation needed] The investigation into the 2017 Mycoplasma bovis outbreak indicated that farmers were not being fully compliant, e.g. with the "cash sale" of bobby calves, although there has only been one conviction under the act (resulting in a $150 fine).
[11] In November 2019, Federated Farmers meat and wool chairman Miles Anderson welcomed amendments to the NAIT legislation and thanked the Primary Production Select Committee for listening to representations from Federated Farmers and other parties.
[12] In mid–May 2021, the group welcomed the 2021 New Zealand budget's allocation of $22 million in funding to the NAIT scheme, which aims to help authorities respond to issues such as mycoplasma bovis.