SPS Online.
Risk Analysis Overview
Overview.
risk Assessment.
Risk Management.
Risk Communication.
Review.
In-Depth Interpretation of Risk Assessment.
What is Risk Assessment.
What Risk Assessment Do & What They Not Do.
Conducting a Good Risk Assessmnet.
Overview.
Precise Statement.
Imprecise Statement.
Imprecise Statement.
Review.
International Guidelines for Risk Analysis.
Guidelines Relative to Plant Protection & Quarantine.
Guidelines Relative to Veterinary Services.
Overview.
Definition of a Region.
Benchmark Risk Levels.
Compliance with WTO Requirments.
Example - Background of South Africa.
Glossary.

General Guidelines for Risk Analysis Relative to Veterinary Services

Definition of a Region

The APHIS policy now recognizes that, for the purpose of evaluating disease risk, a region may be defined as any geographic land area that can be identified by geological, political, or surveyed boundaries. In other words, within a single country there may be many regions that have different risk characteristics necessitating the imposition of different import requirements.

Countries typically have been classified as disease-free or affected. In some cases, however, where a disease agent may exist in close proximity to an otherwise free country or where the import practices of the country in question suggest a slightly higher level of risk, a modified-free designation has been assigned.