USDA Releases Updated New World Screwworm Response Playbook
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is sharing the updated New World Screwworm (NWS) Response Playbook, a comprehensive guide designed to support coordinated, science-based action should NWS be detected in the United States.
“USDA continues to execute Secretary Rollins’ five-pronged plan to keep NWS out of the United States,” said USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Dudley Hoskins. “While we are aggressively safeguarding American agriculture and working with Mexico to prevent further northward spread, we must also ensure that our domestic response plans are ready for...
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