APHIS Announces Improvements to Risk Assessment and Rulemaking Process
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service states that it has reviewed its risk assessment and rulemaking processes in response to trading partners’ requests to ship new plants, animals and products to the U.S. APHIS found that by streamlining the…
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drafting of risk assessments, improving project management and tracking, and assigning deadlines to specific steps in the process, the agency can expect to see dramatic improvements, including time-savings of more than 70 percent. The improvements to APHIS’ risk assessment and rulemaking processes are part of the USDA Customer Service Plan, which identifies key actions to modernize and streamline USDA processes and reduce costs.