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USDA AHPIS to Adjust User Fees for Veterinary Diagnostic Labs

The US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced plans to adjust user fees charged for veterinary diagnostic services incrementally during fiscal years 2008 to 2012.

The fee adjustments are necessary to keep pace with the rising costs associated with providing diagnostic services according to the USDA. Specifically, APHIS is proposing to adjust the fees for the following services:

  • Laboratory tests, reagents and other veterinary diagnostic services performed at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories' (NVSL) Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory;
  • Laboratory tests performed as part of isolation and identification testing at NVSL;
  • Laboratory tests performed as part of serology testing at NVSL;
  • Laboratory tests performed at the pathobiology laboratory at NVSL;
  • Diagnostic reagents produced at NVSL or other authorized sites; and
  • Other diagnostic services or materials provided at NVSL.

The Department will consider all comments received on or before September 21, 2007. Additional information, including a schedule of proposed fee increases by test or service, and instructions on submitting comments can be found on the Federal Register website.