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Recent News About U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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Avocados are once again being shipped across the Mexican border after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced it had restarted an inspection program in a reportedly crime-ridden state.
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Birds from a commercial flock in New Castle County, Del., have been quarantined after highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed, as reported by a Feb. 23 U.S. Department of Agriculture news release.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is celebrating its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service successes to safeguard the country’s agriculture and natural resources in 2021.
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Dear Applicants, Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is excited to announce that on March 7, both the PPQ 585 Timber permit application and 546 Postentry Quarantine permit application are coming to APHIS eFile!
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APHIS updated the Federal Domestic Soil Quarantines Map to include the following changes:
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APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its 2021 fourth quarter report (October 1 – December 31, 2021).
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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 Knox County, Maine.
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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 Suffolk County, New York.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today that its avocado inspection program in Michoacan, Mexico has restarted and avocado exports to the United States have resumed.
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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comments on a proposal to amend the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) regulations to establish new regulations and standards governing the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of birds.
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The Government of Jordan has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and white marrow (Cucurbita pepo) for consumption into the United States.
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The Government of Chile has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of table Grapes (Vitis vinifera) into the United States and Territories.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking zoos, aquariums, and wildlife facilities to participate in an important SARS-CoV-2 Serology Study to identify animal species that may be susceptible to the virus.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), responded to the unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic on trade by allowing importers of plant commodities to upload copies of phytosanitary certificates and forms.
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Between January 6 and February 1, 2022, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) expanded two areas under quarantine in Cameron County, removed the Bayview area quarantine in Cameron County, and added a new quarantine area in Palmview in Hidalgo County, Texas.
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Between January 6 and February 1, 2022, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) expanded two areas under quarantine in Cameron County, removed the Bayview area quarantine in Cameron County, and added a new quarantine area in Palmview in Hidalgo County, Texas.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed two additional findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds.
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The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service recently verified the existence of a highly pathogenic Eurasian H5 avian influenza in a wild American wigeon in Colleton County, South Carolina.
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Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is revising the conditions for interstate movement of citrus fruit from areas quarantined for both sweet orange scab (Elsinöe australis, SOS) and citrus canker (Xanthomonas axonopodis, CC) to allow movement of fruit to packing houses located in contiguous states that are not quarantined for either disease.
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APHIS Amends Karnal Bunt (Tilletia indica) Regulated Areas in Maricopa and Pinal Counties in ArizonaEffective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the Karnal bunt regulated areas in Maricopa and Pinal Counties in Arizona.