APHIS announces proposed rule to establish U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan as a federal regulatory program.

The Department of Agriculture said Friday it has tapped $129 million in emergency funding to battle a worsening incursion of exotic, invasive fruit flies from Mexico and Guatemala.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has taken another step toward limiting the impact of an outbreak of foreign animal diseases by amending and strengthening its animal ...

WASHINGTON— The Xerces Society and Center for Biological Diversity sued the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service today over its program allowing insecticide spraying on millions of acres ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and the Center for Biological Diversity won a lawsuit today against the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service over its ...

The summary data, compiled by APHIS’ Investigative and Enforcement Services (IES), reflects the agency’s commitment to investigating and addressing violations of statutes and regulations administered ...

The addition to the Horse Protection Act allows USDA-APHIS to screen, train, and authorize qualified persons to detect and ...

At this time, Darling the transgenic American chestnuts with enhanced blight tolerance, are still undergoing federal regulatory review by the EPA, the USDA-APHIS, and the FDA. This is part of a ...

Maryland's Department of Natural Resources has expanded its efforts to manage dead wild birds. According to a news release, ...

WASHINGTON — The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) stated on Jan. 13 that highly pathogenic avian influenza ...