APHIS Meetings to Target Animal Disease Traceability

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
June 18, 2010

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced two public meetings for stakeholders to offer input on a new framework for animal disease traceability. Specific details for a proposed animal disease traceability rule will be discussed on June 24, 2010, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and July 1 in Fort Worth, Texas. Written comments will be accepted until July 30, 2010. Additional meetings will be announced in a future Federal Register notice. See Federal Register, June 14, 2010.

Categories: Department of Agriculture, Issue 353, Legislation, Regulations and Standards

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APHIS Meetings to Target Animal Disease Traceability

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