[APWG] NEWS: USDA Continues Efforts to Keep Invasive Species Out of the United States
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Jan 15 11:06:31 CST 2009
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2009/01/0011.xml
USDA CONTINUES EFFORTS TO KEEP INVASIVE SPECIES OUT OF THE UNITED STATES
New Methods Development Laboratory Planned for South Miami, Fla.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2009 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) plans to open a new
Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection (AQI) and Port Technology Methods
Development Laboratory in South Miami, Fla., later this year. Scientists
at this new facility will work to develop and validate state-of-the art
commodity treatments and port inspection technologies used by APHIS and
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to ensure that agriculture imports are free of invasive species.
See the link above for the full press release text.
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