USDA/APHIS will use $129.2 million in emergency funding to combat exotic fruit fly outbreaks, which threaten crops and trade. The funds will

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced a temporary delay of its final Horse Protection Act rule.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently updated it policy for pre-slaughter surveillance of turkeys in its efforts to control the spread (HPAI). The announcement comes after a household cat contracted HPAI H5N1 from infected raw turkey pet food in late December 2024.

Then-USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack wrote a letter to the Mexican Secretary of Agriculture on Jan. 17, 2025, re-iterating protocols needed to be met in order for the border to re-open to Mexican cattle. USDA

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report today calling for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to finalize food-safety standards for the bacteria Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Listeria in meat and poultry.

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced in a press release that it would be updating the policies it already has in place to enhance testing of turkey flocks to combat the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or highly pathogenic bird flu.

American Horse Council’s President Julie Broadway said AHC formally requested the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service delay the implementation of the revised Horse Protection Act regulations for 60 days.

APHIS announces proposed rule to establish U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan as a federal regulatory program.

APHIS reports new cases in Georgia, Maryland, Missouri and Virginia and offers new information on the situation in Indiana.

A routine inspection by the USDA found that 57% of Frankfort TPA Park's small birds were either dead or missing, with no explanation given by staff.

Outgoing USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack sent a letter to Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture acknowledging the progress made in reopening cattle trade between the two countries following the detection of New World Screwworm,

Outbreaks in commercial poultry have recently been reported in a tri-state area that makes up the Delmarva peninsula, and regional officials are collaborating on a unified response