...find the budget proposed for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to be cause for alarm. APHIS programs have been effective and productive,...and controlling livestock diseases. These programs have surely been essential elements in increasing the agricultural productivity of the Nation. We are...

...House of Representatives 2362 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chalrmani The US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) program for enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act Kill suffer a $1.3 million reduction under the President's...

...Shipments of live animals, plants, fruits, vegetables or seed require sanitary and health certificates from the US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Customs agents may set arbitrary prices on goods where the cost, insurance, freight (cif) value of...

...encouraging foreign investment, and improving national food systems. Option: Congress could direct the US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) and the US Department of Health and Human Services, Food...

...responsibilities, and funding in many cases is not provided. For example, WGA has worked closely with the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and has noted the tremendous expansion of duties for the agency since the North American Free Trade...

...developing infestations, resulting in less costly treatments than were initially projected. In addition, the US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), who conducts treatments for the BLM, also received supplemental funding and chose to utilize their...

...developing infestations, resulting in less costly treatments than were initially projected. In addition, the US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), who conducts treatments for the BLM, also received supplemental funding and chose to utilize their...

...which has both the responsibility and the will to get a grip on the cormorant control problem, namely the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Service. They have been successful in research and management of bird predation on aquaculture,...

...current regulations regarding earthworm imports are based on the Federal Plant Pest Act, under which the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) controls imports of soils that might carry pathogens. In the absence of any pathogens, there are no...

...of Health and Human Services. An overview of responsibilities can be found online at a Web site of the US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS, 2002). The following are excerpts from this site: Within USDA, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection...