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Harriger takes over CBP ag inspection branch

   Kevin Harriger has been promoted to executive director of agriculture inspection programs at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, with responsibility for keeping foreign plant pests and animal disease out of the country.
   He previously was deputy executive director of Agricultural Operational Oversight. In that position he coordinated implementation of agricultural policies and procedures across CBP field offices.
   Harriger joined CBP when the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service quarantine division became part of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003.