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Plant and Animal Health Monitoring Programs

These programs, run by USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, assist in protecting plant and animal resources from pests and diseases through ongoing monitoring and surveillance. They provide rapid detection, analysis, and reporting of pests and diseases to minimize potential losses.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Adequate

This rating describes a program that needs to set more ambitious goals, achieve better results, improve accountability or strengthen its management practices.
  • The programs respond to a very clear need, which is to protect the agricultural sector from the impacts of pests and diseases.
  • Only one annual measure had ambitious targets.
  • In general, the programs were not effective in meeting both long term and annual targets.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Developing more ambitious targets. If current targets cannot show improvement, the agency should either explain why or consider measures that may be more representative of PART programs/objectives.
  • Enhancing infrastructure for surveys to protect against pests, pathogens, and noxious weeds; and for biotech permit holders to manage the safe movement and release of genetically engineered organisms.
  • Reviewing and implementing published documents, including significant regulations and the National Animal Identification System Business Plan, to maximize benefits and minimize incremental costs.

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