APHIS Determines Baja California Mexico is Free of Fever Ticks

The following Federal Register Notice was published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on Oct. 18, 2019. It is reproduced in full below.

SummaryThe United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) determined that Baja California, Mexico is free from fever ticks, following a thorough evaluation and public comment period. This determination also means that ruminants imported from the area pose a low risk of exposing ruminants within the United States. View more information at https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2018-0030-0013.

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service