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9 May 2024, 10:35 pm by Josephine A. Phillips
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a final rule to strengthen the agency’s enforcement of the Horse Protection Act (HPA). [read post]
8 May 2024, 10:18 am by Ginger Buck
 These included (i) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Fees owed the Department of Agriculture, (ii) Customs and Immigration Fees owed Customs and Border Protection, and (iii) Passenger Security Service Fees owed the Transportation Security Administration. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 12:38 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
The rule also assigns sole responsibility to the agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to screen, train and authorize inspectors, and creates an inspection system that relies on veterinarians, veterinary technicians or others employed by government agencies to enforce relevant laws and regulations. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 10:44 am by kblocher@hslf.org
The USDA will now assign sole responsibility to its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to screen, train and authorize inspectors. [read post]
5 Apr 2024, 9:05 pm by Narintohn Luangrath
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has limited most poultry plants to a maximum line speed of 140 birds per minute since 2014. [read post]
22 Feb 2024, 2:15 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Under increasing scrutiny, in 2023, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service filed animal welfare administrative complaints against noncompliant animal businesses at more than quadruple the rate than under the previous administration. [read post]
5 Feb 2024, 3:24 pm by U.S. Department of Agriculture
In her role with OGC, Toomey represented and provided legal counsel to USDA agencies, including the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Agricultural Marketing Service, on a variety of legal, policy and international issues as well as civil, criminal and administrative enforcement actions. [read post]
20 Dec 2023, 8:23 am by kblocher@hslf.org
House and Senate FY 2024 federal funding bills included language that prohibits the USDA from using tax dollars for horse slaughter plant inspections in the U.S. [read post]
19 Dec 2023, 8:49 am by kblocher@hslf.org
The rule, which was prompted in part by our lawsuit challenging the agency’s withdrawal in 2017 of a similar rule, would eliminate the industry-run enforcement system and instead assign sole responsibility to its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to screen, train and authorize inspectors. [read post]
31 Aug 2023, 1:23 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Department of Agriculture and the DOJ) work in tandem to address animal welfare violations. [read post]
17 Aug 2023, 1:19 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Thankfully, the USDA is again proposing to amend its HPA regulations by eliminating the industry-run enforcement system, and instead assigning sole responsibility to its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to screen, train and authorize inspectors. [read post]
30 May 2023, 9:02 pm by News Desk
” With more than 400 employees, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will share NBAF’s operational responsibilities. [read post]
24 Dec 2022, 6:50 pm by Bill Marler
Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in August 2018. [read post]
23 Dec 2022, 8:27 am by kblocher@hslf.org
It also keeps in place a ban on funding horse slaughter plant inspections, preventing these facilities from operating on American soil. [read post]
22 Nov 2022, 9:06 pm by Cookson Beecher
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for the manufacturing establishment. [read post]
11 Oct 2022, 9:04 pm by Omar Khodor
Department of Agriculture only has congressional authorization to regulate animal slaughtering, animal transportation, and animal product inspection, which all occurs after handlers have already removed animals from the CAFO facility. [read post]
30 Jun 2022, 6:28 am by Seth Davis
This Program, administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), monitors arrivals at U.S. ports for animals, plants, pests, and diseases. [read post]
15 Jun 2022, 4:49 am by Bernard Bell
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (“APHIS”). [read post]
23 May 2022, 9:18 am by kblocher@hslf.org
USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service agreed and committed to developing a new program uncompromised by conflicts of interest. [read post]