Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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Sep 11, 2026
Bob EllisGUEST
And don't override.
Bob EllisGUEST
Just follow my instructions until we can get to the commander at APHIS headquarters.
Bob EllisGUEST
And so I gave him the list.
Bob EllisGUEST
I just gave him the full list of things that we needed to get rolling.
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Bob EllisGUEST
My job at the Pentagon was director of the Washington office.
Bob EllisGUEST
So I did all the legislative work.
Bob EllisGUEST
and for APHIS globally out of that office.
Bob EllisGUEST
And so I'm kind of still doing the same thing for people that have an interest in doing business with or have a problem in trying to do business with.
Trey ReidGUEST
US, I believe they're part of Department of Agriculture now.
Trey ReidGUEST
Wildlife Services, uh, and APHIS, Animal Plant Health Inspection Services, I think is that, uh, that abbreviation.
Trey ReidGUEST
Uh, but again, at the federal level, and you can, you can sometimes get permits to harass, raise those birds, and sometimes, uh, shoot to kill permits depending on the situation.
Trey ReidGUEST
But, um-
AJ TarpoffGUEST
So not necessarily.
AJ TarpoffGUEST
So veterinary biologics are all under the jurisdiction of USDA APHIS, and there's a center of veterinary biologics that has jurisdiction over all veterinary biologics, their approval and their labeling.
AJ TarpoffGUEST
So these products do fall under USDA jurisdiction, where other animal drugs that are systemic would fall under FDA's jurisdiction.
AJ TarpoffGUEST
Uh, with this, it's very clear biologics fall under USDA APHIS, and some of the other animal drugs like antibiotics, for example, would fall under FDA.
Shelby VarnerHOST
Does it ever fall under the EPA?
AJ TarpoffGUEST
So EPA is interesting.
AJ TarpoffGUEST
So not necessarily.
AJ TarpoffGUEST
So veterinary biologics are all under the jurisdiction of USDA APHIS, and there's a center of veterinary biologics that has jurisdiction over all veterinary biologics, their approval and their labeling.
AJ TarpoffGUEST
So these products do fall under USDA jurisdiction, where other animal drugs that are systemic would fall under FDA's jurisdiction.
AJ TarpoffGUEST
Uh, with this, it's very clear biologics fall under USDA APHIS, and some of the other animal drugs, like antibiotics, for example, would fall under FDA.
Shelby VarnerHOST
Does it ever fall under the EPA?
AJ TarpoffGUEST
So EPA is interesting.
speaker_6UNKNOWN
Wanna touch on a couple of things.
speaker_6UNKNOWN
Just adding on to the Chevron, so I give an example of, uh, USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service-
Sam Weiss EvansGUEST
Yeah
speaker_6UNKNOWN
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speaker_0HOST
USDA, APIS.
speaker_1HOST
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
speaker_1HOST
These aren't just your local corner clinics.
speaker_1HOST
These are the massive federal watchdogs guarding national agricultural borders against things like foot and mouth disease or avian flu.
Marty GreerGUEST
So research all that before you go.
Marty GreerGUEST
APHIS, A-P-H-I-S, is where you look for the information for shipping dogs from outside the country into the country or vice versa.
Marty GreerGUEST
So you go to the APHIS website and look up all that information.
Marty GreerGUEST
So do this if you're traveling with a dog well enough in advance, especially if you're going to an island, England, New Zealand, Japan, any of the island countries that are rabies free, Hawaii, that's not a country.
Marty GreerGUEST
I know Hawaii's a state, but again, it's rabies free.
Tony ClaytonGUEST
And then you've reduced that workforce by a lot.
Tony ClaytonGUEST
And we deal with that every day with APHIS and our plans of just trying to do an export where we don't have people available to do that job.
Tony ClaytonGUEST
So that has really curtailed some of our plans and how far in advance we have to plan because we don't have the USDA staffing that we once had.
Trent LoosHOST
Working with USDA today, is it different than it was?
Trent LoosHOST
I believe they've got it down to 110,000.
Trent LoosHOST
Are you telling me those 4,000 people were that instrumental that they now can't do their job? I'm not buying that for a second.
Tony ClaytonGUEST
Well, you took 1,500 out of APHIS.
Tony ClaytonGUEST
And then you started to get into this relocation program.
Alan HuddlestonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At the pre-export inspection, they arrive within 24 hours of when they would be crossing the border.
Alan HuddlestonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And at that point, an official veterinarian from the mexican department of agriculture does a second inspection of the animals to make sure that they're showing no signs of new world screw worm infestation and then they also share some information especially with animal identification because every animal that's coming across the border has to meet official identification requirements so they could be traced back to that farm of origin At that facility, the first thing is that going from the PIF to the APHIS inspection facility, the animals move past detector dog teams where they are scenting the animals to see if there is any suspicion of wounds and or larvae for New World Screwworm, where if they were to detect one, they give their handlers a signal so that we can immediately stop operations and evaluate the animal.
Alan HuddlestonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They go through a inspection by an APHIS veterinarian or animal health technician as sort of a third and final physical review of the animal to ensure they have no New World Screwworm infestation.
Alan HuddlestonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We also do check that their official identification is in place and readable in an electronic format so that we can do a trace back if and as necessary.
Alan HuddlestonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They swim through a vat of a treatment for New World Screwworm and or any other kind of critter that might be hanging out on their hide.
Alan HuddlestonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
the first thing is that going from the pif to the aphas inspection facility the animals move past detector dog teams, where they are scenting the animals to see if there is any suspicion of wounds and or larvae for New World Screwworm, where if they were to detect one, they give their handlers a signal so that we can immediately stop operations and evaluate the animal.
Alan HuddlestonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They go through a inspection by an APHIS veterinarian or animal health technician as sort of a third and final physical review of the animal to ensure they have no New World Screwworm infestation.
Alan HuddlestonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We also do check that their official identification is in place and readable in an electronic format so that we can do a trace back if and as necessary.
Neal MelanconHOST
All right.
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