APHIS Marks 50th Anniversary
June 17, 2022 —
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is celebrating half a century of protecting U.S. borders from animal disease and enforcing the Animal Welfare Act. The USDA created APHIS in April 1972 to consolidate animal and plant health inspection duties within a single agency.
Kevin Shea, APHIS administrator, talks about African swine fever and other agency priorities in an interview with AVMA.
[Source: AVMA News 6 June 2022]
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