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NAIS, APHIS Over 50% Preemises registerd in 13 states

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10/23/2008 1:04:00 PM 


Animal ID: 13 States Now Exceed 50 Percent Premises Registered

 

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2008--The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced that 487,670 premises 
are registered nationwide as part of the National Animal Identification 
System (NAIS).
  
Producers registered more than 50,000 premises so far in 2008 and 13 states 
now have at least 50 percent of their total estimated production premises 
registered through NAIS.  The latest state to go over 50 percent premises 
registration is Iowa.

“Premises registration is the foundation of the NAIS and allows us to better 
respond to animal health events in the United States,” said Bruce Knight, 
under secretary of USDA’s marketing and regulatory programs.  “The growth in 
premises registrations this year demonstrates that producers want to work 
with USDA to protect their animals, their livelihood and their communities.  
I applaud those who have made the choice to register their premises.”

 

The 13 states that have topped the 50 percent mark are Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, 
Michigan, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, 
Pennsylvania, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.  Illinois is very close to 
the 50 percent mark, with 48.3 percent of its estimated 30,046 premises 
registered.

 

Delaware now has more than 40 percent of its premises registered, while 
Alaska, Colorado and North Carolina now have more than 30 percent of their 
premises registered.  Several other states have made significant gains in the 
number of premises registered.  During 2008, Mississippi tripled the number 
of registered premises, while Ohio more than doubled the number of registered 
premises in the state.  The number of registered premises in Alabama and 
South Carolina increased by more than 150 percent.  Direct mail and outreach 
efforts to farmers and ranchers continue this fall to encourage additional 
registrations.

 

USDA is working cooperatively with states, tribes and industry partners to 
implement NAIS, which is a modern, streamlined information system that helps 
producers respond quickly and effectively to animal disease events.  It 
consists of three components:  premises registration, animal identification 
and tracing.  The premises registration component of NAIS ensures the 
availability of a nationwide communications network to assist producers and 
animal health officials in the event of an animal disease event.  There is an 
estimated 1.4 million production premises in the United States.  To contact a 
partner or find out more about NAIS, go to www.usda.gov/NAIS."

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Also;


 US Customs to start enforcing APHIS

Starting tomorrow, Sept.30, 2008, US Customs and Border Protection will begin 
to monitor transit movements of agricultural commodities going across the 
border. The action is part of a Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS).

All shipments of admissible, restricted, and prohibited plants and plant 
products moving as Transportation and Exportation (T&E), Immediate Export 
(IE), and Immediate Transfer at the time of entry (with the exception of cut 
flowers under the National Cut Flowers Release Program), will require a 
USDA-APHIS PPQ transit permit.

In addition, importers will be required to provide documentation to include 
invoices, phytosanitary certificates, shipper export declarations, outbound 
manifests, etc. as requested by CBP Agriculture.

It also requires annotating the APHIS permit number on the CBP 7512 (or 
equivalent QP style electronic transmission) in the "description and quantity 
of merchandise" block. Additionally, most APHIS transit permits will require 
the movement to be completed within 4 days, CBP explains in a notice to the 
industry.

Immediate Transportation (IT) shipments are not affected by this APHIS 
announcement and will continue to be processed in accordance with existing 
guidelines. 


Source: todaystrucking.com

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