USDA, CDC, Interior must collaborate to block imports of risky live animals

By Julie Vorman

The U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security, Interior, and Health and Human Services need to work together to close regulatory ga

Excerpts from this story referencing "Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service":

"… by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Centers for Disease Control, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service – each residing within a different federal department. The Fish and Wild …"

USDA can do better on animal import safeguards

By Julie Vorman

The U.S. Agriculture Department needs to tighten inspection procedures for live animal shipments entering the United States to prevent forei

Excerpts from this story referencing "Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service":

"… an livestock, the USDA inspector general said in a new report.The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in fiscal 2008 regulated imports of 24 million animals and quarant …"

Feds have done little to contain genetically modified animals and plants

By Laurel Adams

Government has done little to ensure genetically modified animals and plants don't escape into wild

Excerpts from this story referencing "Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service":

"… d five GE animal and insect research projects at a cost of $16 million.The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has been slow to develop regulations regarding GE animals and insects comp …"

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Agricultural quarantine inspection stumbles

By The Center for Public Integrity

Things have not gone smoothly for the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection program

Excerpts from this story referencing "Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service":

"… l Democrats introduced legislation to move the inspectors back to USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the program’s pre-transfer home. She withdrew the measure after DHS chi …"