USDA TO HOLD PEST RISK ASSESSMENT SYMPOSIUM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will hold a meeting with the shipping industry to discuss on-going efforts to keep destructive foreign pests out of the country.
The symposium, scheduled for May 18-19 at the USDA Conference Center in Riverdale, Md., will include presentations about the latest risk assessment methods; the agency’s obligations to international trade agreements, and the status of on-going process improvements.
The symposium is free to the public. For more information, contact Meredith C. Jones, regulatory coordination specialist for APHIS at (301) 734-7467.