Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) administers regulatory programs to control or eradicate animal and plant pests and diseases; enforces domestic and port-of-entry agricultural quarantines; licenses and assures safety and effectiveness of veterinary biological products; ensures the safety of agricultural products of biotechnology; enforces the Animal Welfare and Horse Protection Acts; administers programs providing protection to livestock and crops from depredation by rodents, birds and predatory animals; and conducts cooperative programs to eradicate animal and plant pests and diseases in other countries.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - May 17, 2007
Deputy Administrator, Legislative & Public Affairs
Vacant
202-720-2511 FAX 202-720-3982
Rm 1147-S Washington, DC 20250
Associate Deputy Administrator, Legislative & Public Affairs