APHIS Offers Safety Courses for Foreign Agricultural Officials
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will host seven courses this summer designed to teach foreign agricultural officials about animal and plant health safeguarding practices in the U.S. and help them develop science-based regulatory systems to prevent the introduction…
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and establishment of harmful pests and diseases, it said. By helping developing countries establish regulatory frameworks based on sound science and formal protocols, APHIS said it's helping facilitate export opportunities for U.S. producers. The courses include: Risk Analysis for Animal Health; Emergency Poultry Disease Response; Diagnostic Laboratory Network Systems; Veterinary Epidemiology; International Transboundary Animal Disease Control; Plant Health Systems Analysis; and Plant Health Pest Risk Assessment. Further information: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/international_safeguarding/index.shtml.