Which agency regulates production, transportation, border inspection, veterinary services, and animal care?

Which agency regulates production, transportation, border inspection, veterinary services, and animal care?

• A. USDA-FSIS
• B. USDA-APHIS
• C. FDA
• D. EPA

Answer: (B)

Animal health, welfare, veterinary services, and border inspection fall under the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). APHIS is built to protect animal health and welfare across production systems, provide veterinary services such as disease surveillance and control, and manage import/export rules and border inspections related to animals and animal products. That combination of duties—veterinary services, animal care oversight, and border-related regulation—aligns exactly with APHIS’s mission. Other agencies have different primary focuses: one oversees safety of meat, poultry, and egg products; another regulates a broad range of foods, drugs, and medical devices; and another handles environmental protection and pesticides. Together, they don’t cover the full scope of production-related animal health, welfare, veterinary services, and border inspection in the way APHIS does.

Animal health, welfare, veterinary services, and border inspection fall under the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). APHIS is built to protect animal health and welfare across production systems, provide veterinary services such as disease surveillance and control, and manage import/export rules and border inspections related to animals and animal products. That combination of duties—veterinary services, animal care oversight, and border-related regulation—aligns exactly with APHIS’s mission.

Other agencies have different primary focuses: one oversees safety of meat, poultry, and egg products; another regulates a broad range of foods, drugs, and medical devices; and another handles environmental protection and pesticides. Together, they don’t cover the full scope of production-related animal health, welfare, veterinary services, and border inspection in the way APHIS does.