APHIS Sets Import Restrictions on Live Animals From More Central American Countries
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will be ensuring that imports of horses, ruminants, swine and dogs from certain Central American countries are not carrying screwworm, a type of pest.
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Imports of these animals may still enter the U.S., APHIS said. However, these animals must be inspected and treated for screwworm. Horses are also subject to embarkation and post-arrival inspection and treatment requirements, APHIS said, and they may face a seven-day quarantine as well as a final examination. Imports of ruminants and swine are also subject to embarkation and post-arrival inspection and treatment requirements but not the seven-day quarantine and the final examination. Dogs from affected regions may be inspected and treated before importation, APHIS said.
The Central American countries that will be impacted by this scrutiny are Guatemala and Honduras (Federal Register notice here), Nicaragua (here) and Panama and Costa Rica (here). These notices are already in effect.