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The SITC Program plays an important role in protecting the American public and our agriculture industry from an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1. SITC officers focus their efforts at international ports of entry, agriculture weigh stations, warehouses, restaurants, retail markets and other commercial locations to detect prohibited and/or high risk smuggled poultry products which may harm the US poultry industry. During 2005, SITC officers were responsible for seizing over $500,000.00 worth of these types of poultry products from countries affected with HPAI H5N1. If these same products were to have entered commerce, they would have endangered the American public, devastated our international trade markets, jeopardized our agriculture industry, and potentially cost taxpayers millions of dollars to eradicate a HPAI H5N1 outbreak. Please click the following link for additional information.
Last Modified: March 7, 2007