U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) officers and agriculture specialists are often the nation’s last line of defense against illicit drugs and prohibited plants, pests and animal products. In Fiscal Year 2021 alone, CBP issued 73,917 emergency action notifications for restricted and prohibited plant and animal products entering the UnitedContinue Reading
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced they seized and destroyed more than 1,900 pounds of prohibited pork, poultry, and ruminant products from New York City-area retailers during the last quarter of 2021. These items were sourced from China, lacked required importContinue Reading
The Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) reported a total of 234 hogs from 44 swine raisers in two towns in Lanao del Norte province in Northern Mindanao have tested positive for African swine fever (ASF) and have been culled. The hogs were from farms in Barangay Sta. Cruz in MaigoContinue Reading
