U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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Recent News About U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine Postpones Policy Update to Import Earthworms into the United States Until October
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APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Pepper for consumption from Spain
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APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Pea for consumption from Ethiopia
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) plans to revise the regulations governing domestic quarantines for plant pests by moving lists of quarantined areas and regulated articles to the APHIS website.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) invites stakeholders to submit project suggestions for fiscal year (FY) 2023 Plant Protection Act Section 7721 (PPA 7721) funding.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) needs your help safeguarding Texas citrus from invasive citrus pests and diseases currently threatening livelihoods and agricultural production in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of Dragon Fruit (Selenicereus undatus) for consumption from the Dominican Republic.
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To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory OfficialsOn April 20, 2022, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released a two-acre portion of a field in Bingham County, Idaho, from regulation for pale cyst nematode (PCN).
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing importation of commercial fresh avocado fruit of all varieties (Persea americana) from continental Ecuador into the continental United States.
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Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is modifying the conditions under which citrus fruit may be moved interstate from areas quarantined for sweet orange scab (SOS) when destined for processing or packing in a commercial citrus-producing state without a state-wide SOS quarantine.
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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is in the process of developing a new strategic plan to guide the agency’s work over the next 5 years.
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APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment to expand Brazil’s current areas of export of Papaya (Carica papaya) for consumption into the continental United States (excluding Hawaii).
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service recently announced the approval of additional funding to strengthen efforts to respond and contain an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
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USDA is notifying the public that the Secretary of Agriculture is soliciting nominations for the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee.
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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial, backyard flock (non-poultry) in Toombs County, Georgia.
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The Government of Nigeria has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of commercial shipments of oha leaves (Pterocarpus mildbraedii) into the continental United States.
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APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of Sage (Salvia officinalis) for consumption from Guatemala.
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In the mid-1990s, thousands of cattle in the United Kingdom (UK) were affected by an outbreak of a fatal neurological disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly referred to as “mad cow disease.”
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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will host a virtual Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Workshop on August 30, 2022.