Benefits Of New NWS Website

Last week, we told you that USDA had launched a new, one-stop resource for information and ongoing on efforts to combat New World Screwworm.

“We had previously had a resource up on the APHIS website, so this isn't a totally new remake, but what it does is provide stakeholders, producers, state partners, access to a one-stop portal where you can see not only the USDA APHIS activities and the work our partners at ARS are doing, but in addition to that, our interagency partners, which have been so critical in this effort to date," said USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dudley Hoskins.  He added the website, Screwworm.gov, includes details ranging from the latest in USDA verified information on NWS cases to U.S. preparedness efforts.

Hoskins added Information is available to a wide group of stakeholders, from animal health officials to the general public.

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