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Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance

Basic Agricultural Safeguarding Training BOOT CAMP Part II

September 30, 2011 Patrick Boyton, APHIS Program Specialist, Frederick, MD

In a previous blog post, we took a look at the training of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Health Safeguarding Specialists (PHSS) at The Professional Development Center (PDC). Now, let’s meet some of the faces behind the manuals and microscopes: the 2011 class of Basic...

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Basic Agricultural Safeguarding Training Boot Camp

September 06, 2011 Patrick Boyton, APHIS Program Specialist, Frederick, MD

Every day, thousands of USDA employees fight on the agricultural frontline to keep our nation safe from the “bad bugs” that threaten our nation’s $500 billion agricultural industry. The Professional Development Center (PDC) provides training, leadership and consultation to Animal and Plant Health...

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Preventing Smuggling, Protecting American Agriculture

August 19, 2011 Arianna Covington, New York Metro SITC Officer; with contributions from Lori Witham, SITC Officer and Sylvia Shadman-Adolpho, SITC Analyst

USDA’s Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC), a program with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is in its tenth year of protecting American agriculture from invasive pests and diseases. Some of SITC’s efforts toward this goal include identifying and closing...

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