CBP agriculture specialists

U.S. border officials handle regulated garbage and quarantine materials in order to prevent foreign pests and diseases from entering the country.

While USDA and FDA staff and resources become constrained by the coronavirus, the agencies continue to work with industry to protect the health of the food supply chain.

The 2019 Protecting America’s Food and Agriculture Act provides funding to help Customs and Border Protection close a shortfall among its agriculture specialist ranks over the next three years.

More than 80 trade associations urged the House of Representatives to pass legislation that would close a gap of over 700 Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists in the nation’s ports.