APHIS

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, better known as APHIS, will not establish new criteria for recognizing third-party inspection and certification programs when determining the Agency’s own inspection frequency under the Animal Welfare Act.   In...

USDA Animal and Plant Health inspection service officials are among those at a Southern California backyard exhibition, investigating a new case of Virtulant Newcastle Disease. "We're investigating as we go along, it's very early in the investigation...

The Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service has launched what it calls a “refined public search tool” offering access to compliance records for the Animal Welfare Act. Last year, APHIS formally initiated a comprehensive review and update of the Animal Care website. Meat industry pu...

Portions of the western U.S., including North Central Oregon, are in the middle of a infestation of Mormon Crickets.  Oregon Department of Agriculture entomologist Paul Blom said the katydids are natural to the western environment.   “But it’s characterized by these periodic eruptions, where they come out in large numbers.  Once they archives ...

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has closed their investigation of the genetically engineered wheat that was found in Washington State.   APHIS says they found no evidence that GMO wheat had found its way into commerce.   A...

The Department of Agriculture’s USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plans to approve a non-browning variety of Fuji apple.  The announcement comes following a review concluding the apple does not pose a risk to human health or the environment, according to Agri-Pulse.  The spec...

The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is following up on recent tests showing a presence of low-pathogenic avian influenza in the Northeast.   Testing confirmed the presence of so-called “low path” avian influenza at three live-poultry markets in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.  Last week, APHIS con...

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, are gearing for possible bird flu outbreaks.   After massive outbreaks in 2015, APHIS Associate Administrator Jere Dick said the key is to act fast.   “Our goal is to de-populate flocks within 24 hours. Animals begin to she...