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Animal Disease Traceability Topic of APHIS Meetings

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced three 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 May 11, 2010, in Kansas City, Missouri, May 13 in Riverdale, Maryland, and May 17 in Denver, Colorado. Written comments will be accepted until May 31. Additional meetings will be announced in a future Federal Register notice. See Federal Register, May 5, 2010.

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