APHIS Celebrates 40th Anniversary
On May 16, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) celebrated its 40th anniversary. The program activities and responsibilities of APHIS have grown and evolved since the agency’s birth in 1972. But the mission remains the same: serving the public by protecting the health and value of American agriculture and natural resources, according to Gregory Parham, DVM, APHIS administrator.
May 24, 2012
On May 16, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) celebrated its 40th anniversary. The program activities and responsibilities of APHIS have grown and evolved since the agency’s birth in 1972. But the mission remains the same: serving the public by protecting the health and value of American agriculture and natural resources, according to Gregory Parham, DVM, APHIS administrator. In his blog he writes:
“Over the past 40 years, APHIS has played a vital role in ensuring the health and abundance of this nation’s agriculture. Today, protecting America’s agriculture and natural resources means many things to APHIS. It means ensuring the health of our animal and plant resources both at home and as they move through the global marketplace; guarding against the introduction or reemergence of animal and plant pests and diseases that could limit agricultural production and damage export markets; and monitoring and responding to potential acts of agricultural bioterrorism, as well as to invasive species, disease outbreaks, and conflicts between humans and wildlife.